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authorDiogo F. S. Ramos <dfsr@riseup.net>2014-03-26 00:27:20 -0300
committerAndy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com>2016-06-19 17:38:49 +0200
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Remove link to Emacs' regexp syntax
Linking to Emacs' regexps as an example of regexp syntax gives the wrong impression that Guile supports it, which is not true. * doc/ref/api-regex.texi: Remove link to Emacs' regexp syntax
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A @dfn{regular expression} (or @dfn{regexp}) is a pattern that
describes a whole class of strings. A full description of regular
-expressions and their syntax is beyond the scope of this manual;
-an introduction can be found in the Emacs manual (@pxref{Regexps,
-, Syntax of Regular Expressions, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}), or
-in many general Unix reference books.
+expressions and their syntax is beyond the scope of this manual.
If your system does not include a POSIX regular expression library,
and you have not linked Guile with a third-party regexp library such