Re: [StrongED] Re: Manual - opinions?

[Gavin Wraith <gavin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In message <56b1f604f2Lists@xxxxxxxxxxx>
          "Richard Torrens (lists)" <Lists@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>In article <56b1c295b1tim@xxxxxxxxx>,
>   Tim Hill <tim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> In article <56b18eeaacLists@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Richard Torrens (lists)

> Advanced S&R concepts can be explained simply - but working out how to
> apply them to what you want to do can be complicated.

Sometimes the replacement string may depend on information captured
from the search. In that case a notation is required for which bits
of the search pattern are to be captured. A typical notation is
parentheses. Then you need a notation for the captured strings
and a format string to describe the replacement in terms of them.
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Gavin Wraith (gavin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Home page: http://www.wra1th.plus.com/

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