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Subject: Re: multiline regex mode?
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Giles Chamberlin <giles.chamberlin@tandberg.net> writes:

> Is it possible to have .* match over a new line?
>
> I'd like to be able to match 
>
> {foo}
>
> and
>
> {
>    foo
> }
>
> with a regex of the form {.*} without having to specify the line
> break.

Does this (between the "")

"{[^}]*}"

work for you?  

>
> Thanks

-- 
    Best wishes

    H. Dieter Wilhelm
    Darmstadt, Germany