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From:
Andreas Koenig
Date:
June 30, 2016 16:57
Subject:
Re: Indented here docs?
Message ID:
878txmr4wz.fsf@k85.linux.bogus
>>>>> On Thu, 30 Jun 2016 09:42:32 -0400, "Matthew Horsfall (alh)" <wolfsage@gmail.com> said:

  > As I've implemented it, the closing delimiter must match:

  >   /^\s+$delim\n/

  > So that $delim can exist anywhere in the text (excepting where it closes).

  > What am I missing? Can we do this?

I think I have also wanted this several times, thanks much.

Bikeshedding: my use case would require /^\s*$delim\n/ instead, because
I want my program to survive both in-denting and out-denting to the left
margin.

-- 
andreas

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