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24.0.94; `apropos-read-pattern' must use non-nil OMIT-NULLS arg to `split-string'

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 11132 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11132: 24.0.94; `apropos-read-pattern' must use non-nil OMIT-NULLS arg to `split-string'
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:45:25 +0800

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> M-x customize-apropos RET ki SPC fi SPC RET
>  
> That gathers *ALL* customizable items.  The problem is that a final SPC
> in the user input (easy to do, as habit in separating "words" or by
> misunderstanding the doc) produces an empty ("") string to match, which
> matches everything.
>  
> The fix is to pass a non-nil OMIT-NULLS arg to `split-string' in
> `apropos-read-pattern'.

Done in trunk, thanks.

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