From 65b65d26ef047fa28cad7d30185da64d536c6385 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 19:50:29 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Regexp Search): Add search-whitespace-regexp. --- lispref/searching.texi | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/lispref/searching.texi b/lispref/searching.texi index ee6cb06b1e1..8eb48d3b009 100644 --- a/lispref/searching.texi +++ b/lispref/searching.texi @@ -1001,6 +1001,15 @@ comes back" twice. @end example @end defun +@defvar search-whitespace-regexp +If this variable is non-@code{nil}, it should be a regular expression +that says how to search for whitespace. In that case, any group of +spaces within in a regular expression being searched for stands for +use of this regular expression. However, spaces inside of constructs +such as @samp{[@dots{}]} and @samp{*}, @samp{+}, @samp{?} are not +affected by @code{search-whitespace-regexp}. +@end defvar + @node POSIX Regexps @section POSIX Regular Expression Searching -- 2.39.2