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Gary <help-gnu-emacs@garydjones.name> writes:

> I'm having trouble with this, to say the least. "Obviously" the parts
> after the define aren't fixed, either in content or position. What I
> have tried is
>
> define [A-Za-z0-9_-]+

That works for me. Maybe you've got a typo somewhere?