From de4c56ecb834631a3c42595ebf5dad87656dae01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mitchell <70453897+667e-11@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 22 May 2018 23:24:06 -0400
Subject: Note lack of ability to search for newline characters in regexes.

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 doc/manual.md | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'doc/manual.md')

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][].
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