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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/sort.el b/lisp/sort.el index 392ea938860..89fd2d2eb74 100644 --- a/lisp/sort.el +++ b/lisp/sort.el @@ -373,9 +373,9 @@ RECORD-REGEXP specifies the textual units which should be sorted. For example, to sort lines RECORD-REGEXP would be \"^.*$\" KEY specifies the part of each record (ie each match for RECORD-REGEXP) is to be used for sorting. - If it is \"\\digit\" then the digit'th \"\\(...\\)\" match field from + If it is \"\\\\digit\" then the digit'th \"\\\\(...\\\\)\" match field from RECORD-REGEXP is used. - If it is \"\\&\" then the whole record is used. + If it is \"\\\\&\" then the whole record is used. Otherwise, it is a regular-expression for which to search within the record. If a match for KEY is not found within a record then that record is ignored. @@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ With a negative prefix arg sorts in reverse order. For example: to sort lines in the region by the first word on each line starting with the letter \"f\", - RECORD-REGEXP would be \"^.*$\" and KEY would be \"\\=\\<f\\w*\\>\"" + RECORD-REGEXP would be \"^.*$\" and KEY would be \"\\\\=\\<f\\\\w*\\\\>\"" ;; using negative prefix arg to mean "reverse" is now inconsistent with ;; other sort-.*fields functions but then again this was before, since it ;; didn't use the magnitude of the arg to specify anything. |