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diff --git a/man/search.texi b/man/search.texi index 0f5e871630e..3ca9049bdd6 100644 --- a/man/search.texi +++ b/man/search.texi @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @c This is part of the Emacs manual. -@c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 97, 2000, 2001, 2004 +@c Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2004 @c Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. @node Search, Fixit, Display, Top @@ -743,10 +743,11 @@ determines which characters these are. @xref{Syntax}. matches any character that is not a word-constituent. @item \_< -matches the empty string, but only at the beginning of a symbol. A -symbol is a sequence of one or more word or symbol constituent -characters. @samp{\_<} matches at the beginning of the buffer only if -a symbol-constituent character follows. +matches the empty string, but only at the beginning of a symbol. +A symbol is a sequence of one or more symbol-constituent characters. +A symbol-constituent character is a character whose syntax is either +@vsamp{w} or @samp{_}. @samp{\_<} matches at the beginning of the +buffer only if a symbol-constituent character follows. @item \_> matches the empty string, but only at the end of a symbol. @samp{\_>} |