+2014-07-03 Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
+
+ * search.texi (Regexp Search): Update lax space matching that is
+ not active in regexp search by default now. (Bug#17901)
+
2014-06-29 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
* help.texi (Misc Help):
They also have separate search rings, which you can access with
@kbd{M-p} and @kbd{M-n}.
- Just as in ordinary incremental search, any @key{SPC} typed in
-incremental regexp search matches any sequence of one or more
-whitespace characters. The variable @code{search-whitespace-regexp}
-specifies the regexp for the lax space matching, and @kbd{M-s @key{SPC}}
-(@code{isearch-toggle-lax-whitespace}) toggles the feature.
-@xref{Special Isearch}.
+ Unlike ordinary incremental search, incremental regexp search
+do not use lax space matching by default. To toggle this feature
+use @kbd{M-s @key{SPC}} (@code{isearch-toggle-lax-whitespace}).
+Then any @key{SPC} typed in incremental regexp search will match
+any sequence of one or more whitespace characters. The variable
+@code{search-whitespace-regexp} specifies the regexp for the lax
+space matching. @xref{Special Isearch}.
In some cases, adding characters to the regexp in an incremental
regexp search can make the cursor move back and start again. For