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diff --git a/doc/html/pcre2test.html b/doc/html/pcre2test.html index 920b265..2bcc2b3 100644 --- a/doc/html/pcre2test.html +++ b/doc/html/pcre2test.html @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ test data, command lines that begin with # may appear. This file format, with some restrictions, can also be processed by the <b>perltest.sh</b> script that is distributed with PCRE2 as a means of checking that the behaviour of PCRE2 and Perl is the same. For a specification of <b>perltest.sh</b>, see the -comments near its beginning. +comments near its beginning. See also the #perltest command below. </P> <P> When the input is a terminal, <b>pcre2test</b> prompts for each line of input, @@ -420,14 +420,20 @@ patterns. Modifiers on a pattern can change these settings. <pre> #perltest </pre> -The appearance of this line causes all subsequent modifier settings to be -checked for compatibility with the <b>perltest.sh</b> script, which is used to -confirm that Perl gives the same results as PCRE2. Also, apart from comment -lines, #pattern commands, and #subject commands that set or unset "mark", no -command lines are permitted, because they and many of the modifiers are -specific to <b>pcre2test</b>, and should not be used in test files that are also -processed by <b>perltest.sh</b>. The <b>#perltest</b> command helps detect tests -that are accidentally put in the wrong file. +This line is used in test files that can also be processed by <b>perltest.sh</b> +to confirm that Perl gives the same results as PCRE2. Subsequent tests are +checked for the use of <b>pcre2test</b> features that are incompatible with the +<b>perltest.sh</b> script. +</P> +<P> +Patterns must use '/' as their delimiter, and only certain modifiers are +supported. Comment lines, #pattern commands, and #subject commands that set or +unset "mark" are recognized and acted on. The #perltest, #forbid_utf, and +#newline_default commands, which are needed in the relevant pcre2test files, +are silently ignored. All other command lines are ignored, but give a warning +message. The <b>#perltest</b> command helps detect tests that are accidentally +put in the wrong file or use the wrong delimiter. For more details of the +<b>perltest.sh</b> script see the comments it contains. <pre> #pop [<modifiers>] #popcopy [<modifiers>] @@ -2113,7 +2119,7 @@ Cambridge, England. </P> <br><a name="SEC21" href="#TOC1">REVISION</a><br> <P> -Last updated: 20 March 2020 +Last updated: 14 September 2020 <br> Copyright © 1997-2020 University of Cambridge. <br> |