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authorph10 <ph10@6239d852-aaf2-0410-a92c-79f79f948069>2017-04-18 16:21:50 +0000
committerph10 <ph10@6239d852-aaf2-0410-a92c-79f79f948069>2017-04-18 16:21:50 +0000
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downloadpcre2-03875168b49ce4d7d9a9ed8bc490bb6e7a99c706.tar.gz
Implement Perl's /n option, which is the same as PCRE2_NO_AUTO_CAPTURE.
git-svn-id: svn://vcs.exim.org/pcre2/code/trunk@760 6239d852-aaf2-0410-a92c-79f79f948069
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diff --git a/doc/pcre2test.1 b/doc/pcre2test.1
index d177cc4..7dec66b 100644
--- a/doc/pcre2test.1
+++ b/doc/pcre2test.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH PCRE2TEST 1 "17 April 2017" "PCRE 10.30"
+.TH PCRE2TEST 1 "18 April 2017" "PCRE 10.30"
.SH NAME
pcre2test - a program for testing Perl-compatible regular expressions.
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -519,10 +519,11 @@ by a previous \fB#pattern\fP command.
.SS "Setting compilation options"
.rs
.sp
-The following modifiers set options for \fBpcre2_compile()\fP. The most common
-ones have single-letter abbreviations, with special handling for /x (to make
-it like Perl). If a second x is present, PCRE2_EXTENDED is converted into
-PCRE2_EXTENDED_MORE. A third appearance adds PCRE2_EXTENDED as well. See
+The following modifiers set options for \fBpcre2_compile()\fP. There are some
+single-letter abbreviations that are the same as Perl options. There is special
+handling for /x: if a second x is present, PCRE2_EXTENDED is converted into
+PCRE2_EXTENDED_MORE as in Perl. A third appearance adds PCRE2_EXTENDED as well,
+though this makes no difference to the way \fBpcre2_compile()\fP behaves. See
.\" HREF
\fBpcre2api\fP
.\"
@@ -547,7 +548,7 @@ for a description of the effects of these options.
never_backslash_c set PCRE2_NEVER_BACKSLASH_C
never_ucp set PCRE2_NEVER_UCP
never_utf set PCRE2_NEVER_UTF
- no_auto_capture set PCRE2_NO_AUTO_CAPTURE
+ /n no_auto_capture set PCRE2_NO_AUTO_CAPTURE
no_auto_possess set PCRE2_NO_AUTO_POSSESS
no_dotstar_anchor set PCRE2_NO_DOTSTAR_ANCHOR
no_start_optimize set PCRE2_NO_START_OPTIMIZE
@@ -570,7 +571,8 @@ being passed to library functions.
.rs
.sp
The following modifiers affect the compilation process or request information
-about the pattern:
+about the pattern. There are single-letter abbreviations for some that are
+heavily used in the test files.
.sp
bsr=[anycrlf|unicode] specify \eR handling
/B bincode show binary code without lengths
@@ -1786,6 +1788,6 @@ Cambridge, England.
.rs
.sp
.nf
-Last updated: 17 April 2017
+Last updated: 18 April 2017
Copyright (c) 1997-2017 University of Cambridge.
.fi