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Re: New option for smart_change.pl



On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 01:35:03PM -0700, Matt Kraai wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 08:09:16PM +0200, Frank Lichtenheld wrote:
> > I've added a new option to smart_change.pl
> >  -S REGEXP
> > the difference to -s is that the regexp is applied on the whole text
> > instead of line by line
> 
> This is to handle multi-line regular expressions?  

yes.

> Why not just change the behavior of -s?

Because I thought it can be usefull to keep one, hmm, "less invasive"
option. Never change a running system ;)

> Also, I thought Joy complained on one of my patches that case
> sensitive options didn't work.

wfm. Joy?

Frank

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