Normally in the Perl Regular Expression engine (and I assume Boost’s version of it too since it is based on it), multi-line mode is OFF unless turned ON by an option. This is also true of the other places I have worked with Regular Expressions (.NET and Python Regex classes, and other editors).
Note: multi-line mode changes what the \s
and .
special characters match. In “normal” mode they do not match \n
and \r
characters, but in multi-line mode they do.
Based on what I have found after 22 days of learning about Sublime Text, it would appear that Multi-Line Mode is always turned on and cannot be turned off. Is my understanding of this correct?
If this is for consistency and flexibility, it is understandable, but I think it’s important for advanced users to understand (me included).