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authorLuc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu>2004-10-07 22:16:43 +0000
committerLuc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu>2004-10-07 22:16:43 +0000
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(Regexps): The regexp described in the example is no longer stored in
the variable `sentence-end'.
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@c This is part of the Emacs manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 97, 2000, 2001
+@c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 97, 2000, 2001, 2004
@c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
@node Search, Fixit, Display, Top
@@ -777,13 +777,13 @@ matches any character that does @emph{not} belong to category
The constructs that pertain to words and syntax are controlled by the
setting of the syntax table (@pxref{Syntax}).
- Here is a complicated regexp, stored in @code{sentence-end} and used
-by Emacs to recognize the end of a sentence together with any
-whitespace that follows. We show its Lisp syntax to distinguish the
-spaces from the tab characters. In Lisp syntax, the string constant
-begins and ends with a double-quote. @samp{\"} stands for a
-double-quote as part of the regexp, @samp{\\} for a backslash as part
-of the regexp, @samp{\t} for a tab, and @samp{\n} for a newline.
+ Here is a complicated regexp. It is a simplified version of the
+regexp that Emacs uses, by default, to recognize the end of a sentence
+together with any whitespace that follows. We show its Lisp syntax to
+distinguish the spaces from the tab characters. In Lisp syntax, the
+string constant begins and ends with a double-quote. @samp{\"} stands
+for a double-quote as part of the regexp, @samp{\\} for a backslash as
+part of the regexp, @samp{\t} for a tab, and @samp{\n} for a newline.
@example
"[.?!][]\"')]*\\($\\| $\\|\t\\| \\)[ \t\n]*"