If this bit is set, then @samp{\} inside a list (@pxref{List Operators}
quotes (makes ordinary, if it's special) the following character; if
this bit isn't set, then @samp{\} is an ordinary character inside lists.
-(@xref{The Backslash Character}, for what `\' does outside of lists.)
+(@xref{The Backslash Character}, for what @samp{\} does outside of lists.)
@cnindex RE_BK_PLUS_QM
@item RE_BK_PLUS_QM
two ways. First, a single character can map into two or more collating
elements. For example, the German
@tex
-`\ss'
+``\ss''
@end tex
@ifinfo
``es-zet''
* GNU Searching:: re_search ()
* Matching/Searching with Split Data:: re_match_2 (), re_search_2 ()
* Searching with Fastmaps:: re_compile_fastmap ()
-* GNU Translate Tables:: The `translate' field.
+* GNU Translate Tables:: The @code{translate} field.
* Using Registers:: The re_registers type and related fns.
* Freeing GNU Pattern Buffers:: regfree ()
@end menu
@node Using Registers
@subsection Using Registers
-A group in a regular expression can match a (posssibly empty) substring
+A group in a regular expression can match a (possibly empty) substring
of the string that regular expression as a whole matched. The matcher
remembers the beginning and end of the substring matched by
each group.