--- mc-4.6.2~git20080311/edit/editcmd.c.orig	2008-06-23 02:22:30.000000000 +0200

+++ mc-4.6.2~git20080311/edit/editcmd.c	2008-06-23 02:23:34.000000000 +0200

@@ -1570,7 +1570,8 @@

 	    g_free (old_pattern);

 	    old_pattern = 0;

 	}

-	if (regcomp (&r, pattern, REG_EXTENDED | (icase ? REG_ICASE : 0))) {

+	if (regcomp (&r, pattern, REG_EXTENDED | (icase ? REG_ICASE : 0) |

+	    REG_NEWLINE)) {

 	    *found_len = 0;

 	    return -3;

 	}