From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "Michael Chen" <vancouver.michael@gmail.com>, <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: how can I make regexp expression effective across many lines
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:40:26 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DNEMKBNJBGPAOPIJOOICAEMGDKAA.drew.adams@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <71ab86070701291301q34ea49e8ked19710cad016517@mail.gmail.com>
> Hi, there, I have problem with newlines in regexp. Here is what I want
> to do: delete anything between <FORM> to TIP OF THE WEEK inclusively.
> There are many lines in between. Any regex I tried can not go through
> the newline. Any idea? Thanks.
. matches any character except a newline character.
[^\n] matches any character.
Interactively, use C-q C-j to insert a newline character itself in the
regexp, in place of \n. See the Elisp manual, node Syntax of Regexps, in
particular about the treatment of backslash.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-01-29 21:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-01-29 21:01 how can I make regexp expression effective across many lines Michael Chen
2007-01-29 21:16 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-01-29 21:40 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2007-01-29 21:47 ` Drew Adams
2007-01-29 22:11 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.3755.1170105424.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-01-29 23:00 ` Mark Elston
[not found] <mailman.3753.1170104495.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-01-29 21:26 ` Pascal Bourguignon
[not found] <mailman.3757.1170107259.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-01-29 23:05 ` Pascal Bourguignon
2007-01-29 23:52 ` Drew Adams
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