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diff --git a/docs/writing_extensions.txt b/docs/writing_extensions.txt index 1300d55..2ecd4c9 100644 --- a/docs/writing_extensions.txt +++ b/docs/writing_extensions.txt @@ -80,9 +80,10 @@ Note that any regular expression returned by ``getCompiledRegExp`` must capture the whole block. Therefore, they should all start with ``r'^(.*?)'`` and end with ``r'(.*?)!'``. When using the default ``getCompiledRegExp()`` method provided in the ``Pattern`` you can pass in a regular expression without that -and ``getCompiledRegExp`` will wrap your expression for you. This means that -the first group of your match will be ``m.group(2)`` as ``m.group(1)`` will -match everything before the pattern. +and ``getCompiledRegExp`` will wrap your expression for you and set the +`re.DOTALL` and `re.UNICODE` flags. This means that the first group of your +match will be ``m.group(2)`` as ``m.group(1)`` will match everything before the +pattern. For an example, consider this simplified emphasis pattern: |