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diff --git a/doc/regexprs.txt b/doc/regexprs.txt index f5544cc28..fa7f9d24a 100644 --- a/doc/regexprs.txt +++ b/doc/regexprs.txt @@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ backslashes are interpreted by the regular expression engine: A regular expression is a pattern that is matched against a subject string from left to right. Most characters stand for themselves in a pattern, and match the corresponding characters in the subject. As a trivial example, -the pattern:: +the pattern: - The quick brown fox + The quick brown fox matches a portion of a subject string that is identical to itself. The power of regular expressions comes from the ability to include @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ in patterns in a visible manner. There is no restriction on the appearance of non-printing characters, apart from the binary zero that terminates a pattern, but when a pattern is being prepared by text editing, it is usually easier to use one of the following escape sequences than the binary character it -represents:: +represents: ============== ============================================================ character meaning @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ The fourth use of backslash is for certain `simple assertions`:idx:. An assertion specifies a condition that has to be met at a particular point in a match, without consuming any characters from the subject string. The use of subpatterns for more complicated assertions is described below. The -backslashed assertions are:: +backslashed assertions are: ============== ============================================================ assertion meaning |