changeset 40302:c96b651c8c8e

(Regexps): Clarify that C-j should be preceded by a C-q in interactive use.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Thu, 25 Oct 2001 12:45:28 +0000
parents 6500bb9520ba
children a725c601ef70
files man/search.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/man/search.texi	Thu Oct 25 12:18:06 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/search.texi	Thu Oct 25 12:45:28 2001 +0000
@@ -720,8 +720,11 @@
 times.
 
   To enter the same regexp interactively, you would type @key{TAB} to
-enter a tab, and @kbd{C-j} to enter a newline.  You would also type
-single backslashes as themselves, instead of doubling them for Lisp syntax.
+enter a tab, and @kbd{C-j} to enter a newline.  (When typed
+interactively, @kbd{C-j} should be preceded by a @kbd{C-q}, to prevent
+Emacs from running the command bound to a newline.)  You would also type
+single backslashes as themselves, instead of doubling them for Lisp
+syntax.
 
 @ignore
 @c I commented this out because it is missing vital information