[5773] info-stnd.texi: Reference for regular expressions

[Gavin D. Smith]

Revision: 5773
          http://svn.sv.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=texinfo&revision=5773
Author:   gavin
Date:     2014-08-22 18:04:18 +0000 (Fri, 22 Aug 2014)
Log Message:
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info-stnd.texi: Reference for regular expressions

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/ChangeLog
    trunk/doc/info-stnd.texi

Modified: trunk/ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- trunk/ChangeLog     2014-08-22 17:48:10 UTC (rev 5772)
+++ trunk/ChangeLog     2014-08-22 18:04:18 UTC (rev 5773)
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
        * info/texinfo.texi: Remove extra space in menu references to
        "@- @hyphenation" node.  Report from Vincent Belaïche.
 
+       * info/info-stnd.texi (Searching Commands): Add reference to explain
+       regular expressions.
+
 2014-08-21  Gavin Smith  <address@hidden>
 
        * info/session.c (info_parse_and_select): Initialize line_number field

Modified: trunk/doc/info-stnd.texi
===================================================================
--- trunk/doc/info-stnd.texi    2014-08-22 17:48:10 UTC (rev 5772)
+++ trunk/doc/info-stnd.texi    2014-08-22 18:04:18 UTC (rev 5773)
@@ -1161,11 +1161,8 @@
 @kindex R
 @findex toggle-regexp
 Toggle between using regular expressions and literal strings for
-searching.  Info uses so-called `extended' regular expression syntax.
address@hidden We should reference a Texinfo manual where extended regular 
expressions
address@hidden are described.  Extended regular expressions are different to 
those
address@hidden of Emacs (e.g., "(" and ")" are equivalent to "\(" and "\)" in 
Emacs).
address@hidden The best reference may be "man 7 regex" from the Linux manpages.
+searching.  Info uses so-called `extended' regular expression syntax
+(@pxref{Regular Expressions,,, grep, GNU Grep}).
 
 @item @kbd{S} (@code{search-case-sensitively}
 @kindex S