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;doc: regexps: list style that renders in vs code

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@ -310,14 +310,14 @@ hledger's regular expressions come from the
library. library.
If they're not doing what you expect, it's important to know exactly what they support: If they're not doing what you expect, it's important to know exactly what they support:
#. they are case insensitive 1. they are case insensitive
#. they are infix matching (they do not need to match the entire thing being matched) 2. they are infix matching (they do not need to match the entire thing being matched)
#. they are [POSIX ERE] (extended regular expressions) 3. they are [POSIX ERE] (extended regular expressions)
#. they also support [GNU word boundaries] (`\b`, `\B`, `\<`, `\>`) 4. they also support [GNU word boundaries] (`\b`, `\B`, `\<`, `\>`)
#. they do not support [backreferences]; if you write `\1`, it will match the digit `1`. 5. they do not support [backreferences]; if you write `\1`, it will match the digit `1`.
Except when doing text replacement, eg in [account aliases](#regex-aliases), Except when doing text replacement, eg in [account aliases](#regex-aliases),
where [backreferences] can be used in the replacement string to reference [capturing groups] in the search regexp. where [backreferences] can be used in the replacement string to reference [capturing groups] in the search regexp.
#. they do not support [mode modifiers] (`(?s)`), character classes (`\w`, `\d`), or anything else not mentioned above. 6. they do not support [mode modifiers] (`(?s)`), character classes (`\w`, `\d`), or anything else not mentioned above.
[POSIX ERE]: http://www.regular-expressions.info/posix.html#ere [POSIX ERE]: http://www.regular-expressions.info/posix.html#ere
[backreferences]: https://www.regular-expressions.info/backref.html [backreferences]: https://www.regular-expressions.info/backref.html