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From: peck@sun.com (Jeff Peck)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug
Subject: looks like regexp collides with substitute-command-keys
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Date: 4 Aug 89 01:34:53 GMT
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  in emacs version 18.54, the docstring for sort-regexp-fields
  confuses substitute-command-keys.

sort-regexp-fields:
Sort the region lexicographically as specifed by RECORD-REGEXP and KEY.
RECORD-REGEXP specifies the textual units which should be sorted.
  For example, to sort lines RECORD-REGEXP would be "^.*$"
KEY specifies the part of each record (ie each match for RECORD-REGEXP)
  is to be used for sorting.
  If it is "\digit" then the digit'th "\(...\)" match field from
  RECORD-REGEXP is used.
  If it is "\&" then the whole record is used.
  Otherwise, it is a regular-expression for which to search within the record.
If a match for KEY is not found within a record then that record is ignored.

With a negative prefix arg sorts in reverse order.

For example: to sort lines in the region by the first word on each line
 starting with the letter "f",
 RECORD-REGEXP would be "^.*$" and KEY "
Uses keymap "f\w*\", which is not currently defined.
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