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26.3; regular expressions documentation

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Message #38 received at 41006 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: mattiase <at> acm.org, 41006 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com,
 rtm443x <at> googlemail.com
Subject: Re: bug#41006: 26.3; regular expressions documentation
Date: Mon, 04 May 2020 22:56:28 -0400

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  > So I go to the "Regular Expressions" node, looking mostly for how to
  > use them.  But I find nothing on that there.  I only find a review of
  > what looks like everything I already knew about regular expressions.

What I see in master is this structure.
Is this different from what you saw?
Does this structure eliminate the problem you had?


@node Regular Expressions
@section Regular Expressions
@cindex regular expression
@cindex regexp

...

@menu
* Syntax of Regexps::       Rules for writing regular expressions.
* Regexp Example::          Illustrates regular expression syntax.
@ifnottex
* Rx Notation::             An alternative, structured regexp notation.
@end ifnottex
* Regexp Functions::        Functions for operating on regular expressions.
@end menu

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