word-constituent character.
@item \w
-matches any word-constituent character. The syntax table
-determines which characters these are. @xref{Syntax}.
+matches any word-constituent character. The syntax table determines
+which characters these are. @xref{Syntax Tables,, Syntax Tables,
+elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}.
@item \W
matches any character that is not a word-constituent.
matches any character whose syntax is @var{c}. Here @var{c} is a
character that designates a particular syntax class: thus, @samp{w}
for word constituent, @samp{-} or @samp{ } for whitespace, @samp{.}
-for ordinary punctuation, etc. @xref{Syntax}.
+for ordinary punctuation, etc. @xref{Syntax Tables,, Syntax Tables,
+elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}.
@item \S@var{c}
matches any character whose syntax is not @var{c}.
@var{c}.
@end table
- The constructs that pertain to words and syntax are controlled by the
-setting of the syntax table (@pxref{Syntax}).
+ The constructs that pertain to words and syntax are controlled by
+the setting of the syntax table. @xref{Syntax Tables,, Syntax Tables,
+elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}.
@node Regexp Example
@section Regular Expression Example
- Here is an example of a regexp---the regexp that Emacs uses, by
-default, to recognize the end of a sentence, not including the
-following space (i.e., the variable @code{sentence-end-base}):
+ Here is an example of a regexp---similar to the regexp that Emacs
+uses, by default, to recognize the end of a sentence, not including
+the following space (i.e., the variable @code{sentence-end-base}):
@example
@verbatim
-[.?!][]\"'””)}]*
+[.?!][]\"')}]*
@end verbatim
@end example