*matches any number of characters from the set below:
\wany word character
а-яone character from а (107210) to я (110310) (case sensitive)
\'the literal ' (3910 / 478 / 2716)
\-the literal - (4510 / 558 / 2D16)
\;the literal ; (5910 / 738 / 3B16)
\sany whitespace character
\ra carriage return (ASCII 13)
\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)
\*the literal * (4210 / 528 / 2A16)