regexp question: match anything but not a group?

[Thorsten Jolitz]

Hi List, 

how can I write a regexp that acts like e.g.

,------
| ".*?"
`------

but does not match a group like e.g. 

,---------------------
| (regexp-quote "\\)")
`---------------------

?

This works more or less but does not seem to be very robust

,---------
| "[^)]*?"
`---------

since ')' could appear in other contexts than the group. How can I
negate a specific group of characters and not only any occurence of
single characters?

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cheers,
Thorsten