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master b7c1b81: Merge from origin/emacs-27
From: |
Glenn Morris |
Subject: |
master b7c1b81: Merge from origin/emacs-27 |
Date: |
Mon, 31 May 2021 10:56:49 -0400 (EDT) |
branch: master
commit b7c1b81ffbebb4d821a52bd1f502ed94562721e1
Merge: 6e2d3bc 5dfa5e2
Author: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Commit: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Merge from origin/emacs-27
5dfa5e26dd (origin/emacs-27) Improve documentation of regexp ranges
---
doc/lispref/searching.texi | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/lispref/searching.texi b/doc/lispref/searching.texi
index b38ee99..1d3e2d9 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/searching.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/searching.texi
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ preceding expression either once or not at all. For
example,
@anchor{Non-greedy repetition}
@item @samp{*?}, @samp{+?}, @samp{??}
@cindex non-greedy repetition characters in regexp
-These are @dfn{non-greedy} variants of the operators @samp{*}, @samp{+}
+are @dfn{non-greedy} variants of the operators @samp{*}, @samp{+}
and @samp{?}. Where those operators match the largest possible
substring (consistent with matching the entire containing expression),
the non-greedy variants match the smallest possible substring
@@ -443,6 +443,13 @@ including newline. However, a reversed range should
always be from
the letter @samp{z} to the letter @samp{a} to make it clear that it is
not a typo; for example, @samp{[+-*/]} should be avoided, because it
matches only @samp{/} rather than the likely-intended four characters.
+
+@item
+If the end points of a range are raw 8-bit bytes (@pxref{Text
+Representations}), or if the range start is ASCII and the end is a raw
+byte (as in @samp{[a-\377]}), the range will match only ASCII
+characters and raw 8-bit bytes, but not non-ASCII characters. This
+feature is intended for searching text in unibyte buffers and strings.
@end enumerate
Some kinds of character alternatives are not the best style even