^ in a pattern with \n matches at every line start, and a ^ or $ that cannot work is refused

A pattern naming a newline runs over the whole text, where mvzr's ^ is only the text's start: /^def .*\n/ from #0 failed, and Edit ,x/^def .*\n/.../ silently did nothing. A leading ^ is now tried at each line start from the search's own; $ just before \n is dropped, as it changes nothing; any other ^ or $ in such a pattern is refused with why, since mvzr would read it as the text's ends. ^ inside an alternation holds only where a search starts, an mvzr limit, documented.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>

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