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preceding character. None of them have codepoints less than 256, so in |
preceding character. None of them have codepoints less than 256, so in |
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non-UTF-8 mode \eX matches any one character. |
non-UTF-8 mode \eX matches any one character. |
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.P |
.P |
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Note that recent versions of Perl have changed \eX to match what Unicode calls |
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an "extended grapheme cluster", which has a more complicated definition. |
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.P |
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Matching characters by Unicode property is not fast, because PCRE has to search |
Matching characters by Unicode property is not fast, because PCRE has to search |
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a structure that contains data for over fifteen thousand characters. That is |
a structure that contains data for over fifteen thousand characters. That is |
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why the traditional escape sequences such as \ed and \ew do not use Unicode |
why the traditional escape sequences such as \ed and \ew do not use Unicode |
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.rs |
.rs |
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.sp |
.sp |
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.nf |
.nf |
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Last updated: 12 June 2011 |
Last updated: 20 July 2011 |
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Copyright (c) 1997-2011 University of Cambridge. |
Copyright (c) 1997-2011 University of Cambridge. |
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.fi |
.fi |