On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 11:50:07AM -0400, Joel Gwynn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> This leads me to consider the many other characters that would need
> escaping.  What's the right way to do this without escaping every
> non-alpha character?

First, you don't have to escape every non-alpha character.  Just the
ones that have meta-meaning.

Second, you want the \Q sequence, as in /\Qlong(parenthesized)string./



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