Re: how can I make regexp expression effective across many lines

[Pascal Bourguignon]

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>>  . matches any character except a newline character.
>>  [^\n] matches any character.
>
> Oops. I should have said \(.\|\n\). In Lisp, that's \\(.\\|\n\\).
> Asleep at the wheel...

Not exactly.  It's:

\(.\|
\)

(if you must enter it in the minibuffer for example, typing C-q C-j to
insert the newline), or the result of evaluating: "\\(.\\|\n\\)" (if
you type it in an elisp program).

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