RE: how can I make regexp expression effective across many lines

[Drew Adams]

>    > \(.\|\n\). In Lisp, that's \\(.\\|\n\\).
>
> Not exactly.  It's: \(.\|
> \)
>
> (if you must enter it in the minibuffer for example, typing C-q C-j to
> insert the newline),

That's what I meant by "Interactively, use C-q C-j to insert a newline
character itself in the regexp, in place of \n."

> or the result of evaluating: "\\(.\\|\n\\)" (if
> you type it in an elisp program).

That's what I meant by "In Lisp, that's \\(.\\|\n\\)."

;-)