https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159607

--- Comment #13 from [email protected] ---
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #12)

thanks Stuart for the feedback, 

> ... not sure we
> yet have quite the correct wording about Regexp matches and Paragraphs.
> 
> "A search using a regular expression will work only within one paragraph.
> That is, a \n will match a line break within a paragraph."
> 
> We can in fact match a string in *every* paragraph of a document in one pass.

yes. what I'm trying to say, is a regex can't cross OVER the paragraph boundary
(see attachment)
feel free to suggest a better wording of course.

> We just can't match strings at the Paragraph bounds, e.g. a Paragraph ending
> with xyz$ or starting with ^abc 

huh? we definitely can! see 2nd attachment)
the only limitation is for "^" to be followed by something, example given in
the help.

> (needing to implement support look-ahead /
> look-behind syntax to be able to construct a pattern to match).




PS. this bugzilla is a pain for simple editing. need to upgrade or move to Ask!
:/

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