From f35b80810d584b30397c5ce38acf2305e50c23db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Juri Linkov Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2014 02:52:42 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] * doc/emacs/search.texi (Regexp Search): Update lax space matching that is not active in regexp search by default now. Fixes: debbugs:17901 --- doc/emacs/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ doc/emacs/search.texi | 13 +++++++------ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog index 5457f2d1f42..e2a6b627a19 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2014-07-03 Juri Linkov + + * 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 * help.texi (Misc Help): diff --git a/doc/emacs/search.texi b/doc/emacs/search.texi index 5331f7da1b9..64ecf165349 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/search.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/search.texi @@ -602,12 +602,13 @@ Incremental regexp and non-regexp searches have independent defaults. 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 -- 2.39.2