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Re: another newbie question -- auto-mode-alist regexp
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Barry Margolin |
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Re: another newbie question -- auto-mode-alist regexp |
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Mon, 23 Sep 2002 23:56:57 GMT |
In article <mailman.1032823999.4821.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> wrote:
>never mind, i finally found it in the elisp info manual.
>apparently, \' matches the empty string, but only at the end
>of the buffer or string being matched.
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>so, AFAICT, it appears to serve the same purpose as a trailing
>$ to match end of string.
$ also matches the end of a line. If you ever encounter a filename
containing an embedded newline, it would make a difference.
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