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| author |   mitchell <70453897+667e-11@users.noreply.github.com> | 2018-05-22 23:24:06 -0400 |
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| committer | mitchell <70453897+667e-11@users.noreply.github.com> | 2018-05-22 23:24:06 -0400 |
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Note lack of ability to search for newline characters in regexes.
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diff --git a/doc/manual.md b/doc/manual.md index dbbd3e2e..44922487 100644 --- a/doc/manual.md +++ b/doc/manual.md @@ -1829,12 +1829,16 @@ Textadept has a [mailing list][] and a [wiki][]. ## Regular Expressions Textadept's regular expressions are based on the C++11 standard for ECMAScript. -There are a number of references for this syntax on the internet including: +There are a number of references for this syntax on the internet, including: * [ECMAScript syntax C++ reference](http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/regex/ECMAScript/) * [Modified ECMAScript regular expression grammar](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/regex/ecmascript) * [Regular Expressions (C++)](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/standard-library/regular-expressions-cpp) +Note that Textadept's editing component, Scintilla, does not allow for matching +newline characters (`\r` and `\n`). Use Lua scripts and +[Lua patterns](#Lua.Patterns) instead. + ## Lua Patterns The following is from the [Lua 5.3 Reference Manual][]. |