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authorJonathan Maw <jonathan.maw@codethink.co.uk>2013-09-30 15:08:10 +0100
committerJonathan Maw <jonathan.maw@codethink.co.uk>2013-09-30 15:08:10 +0100
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+- number
++
+If <start> or <end> is a number, it specifies an
+absolute line number (lines count from 1).
++
+
+- /regex/
++
+This form will use the first line matching the given
+POSIX regex. If <end> is a regex, it will search
+starting at the line given by <start>.
++
+
+- +offset or -offset
++
+This is only valid for <end> and will specify a number
+of lines before or after the line given by <start>.
++
+
+- :regex
++
+If the option's argument is of the form :regex, it denotes the range
+from the first funcname line that matches <regex>, up to the next
+funcname line.
++