Commit 1e270f0e authored by Fred Drake's avatar Fred Drake

Nits to support conversions.

parent f954b651
...@@ -67,11 +67,8 @@ characters either stand for classes of ordinary characters, or affect ...@@ -67,11 +67,8 @@ characters either stand for classes of ordinary characters, or affect
how the regular expressions around them are interpreted. how the regular expressions around them are interpreted.
The special characters are: The special characters are:
% define these since they're used twice:
\newcommand{\MyLeftMargin}{0.7in}
\newcommand{\MyLabelWidth}{0.65in}
\begin{list}{}{\leftmargin \MyLeftMargin \labelwidth \MyLabelWidth} \begin{list}{}{\leftmargin 0.7in \labelwidth 0.65in}
\item[\character{.}] (Dot.) In the default mode, this matches any \item[\character{.}] (Dot.) In the default mode, this matches any
character except a newline. If the \constant{DOTALL} flag has been character except a newline. If the \constant{DOTALL} flag has been
...@@ -144,8 +141,8 @@ characters are not active inside sets. For example, \regexp{[akm\$]} ...@@ -144,8 +141,8 @@ characters are not active inside sets. For example, \regexp{[akm\$]}
will match any of the characters \character{a}, \character{k}, will match any of the characters \character{a}, \character{k},
\character{m}, or \character{\$}; \regexp{[a-z]} \character{m}, or \character{\$}; \regexp{[a-z]}
will match any lowercase letter, and \code{[a-zA-Z0-9]} matches any will match any lowercase letter, and \code{[a-zA-Z0-9]} matches any
letter or digit. Character classes such as \code{\e w} or \code {\e letter or digit. Character classes such as \code{\e w} or \code{\e S}
S} (defined below) are also acceptable inside a range. If you want to (defined below) are also acceptable inside a range. If you want to
include a \character{]} or a \character{-} inside a set, precede it with a include a \character{]} or a \character{-} inside a set, precede it with a
backslash, or place it as the first character. The backslash, or place it as the first character. The
pattern \regexp{[]]} will match \code{']'}, for example. pattern \regexp{[]]} will match \code{']'}, for example.
...@@ -227,7 +224,7 @@ list below. If the ordinary character is not on the list, then the ...@@ -227,7 +224,7 @@ list below. If the ordinary character is not on the list, then the
resulting RE will match the second character. For example, resulting RE will match the second character. For example,
\regexp{\e\$} matches the character \character{\$}. \regexp{\e\$} matches the character \character{\$}.
\begin{list}{}{\leftmargin \MyLeftMargin \labelwidth \MyLabelWidth} \begin{list}{}{\leftmargin 0.7in \labelwidth 0.65in}
% %
\item[\code{\e \var{number}}] Matches the contents of the group of the \item[\code{\e \var{number}}] Matches the contents of the group of the
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