[Bug 165931] Regular expressions must be able to match non-break line endings

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165931

--- Comment #13 from Eyal Rozenberg <eyalroz1 at gmx.com> ---
(In reply to Mike Kaganski from comment #11)

I search for stuff at the ends of lines and the beginnings of lines all the
time, in text editors. Admittedly, in paragraphs, much less frequently.

> It is *very important* for a word processor user to stop thinking 
> in categories not related to this software. 

Well, for that to actually be the case, we would need to offer 'structural'
search rather than just a linear textual pattern, e.g. let people say: "Find me
two vertically-adjacent table cells both containing a certain word, in a table
that's aligned to the left of the page". But - we don't offer anything like
that, we only allow textual search patterns, and some simple style constraints
on the whole match. So we should at least bolster the textual pattern
capabilities somewhat.

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