GNU bug report logs - #17433
Emacs24 searching for multiple spaces

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Channell <paul.j.channell <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 7 May 2014 17:44:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

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From: Paul Channell <paul.j.channell <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Emacs24 searching for multiple spaces
Date: Wed, 07 May 2014 11:40:32 -0600

Emacs24 can't do incremental searches for multiple spaces, though 
Emacs23 does it well.
I use this frequently in defining macros to operate on heterogeneous files.

Paul Channell
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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Channell <paul.j.channell <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 17433 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17433: Emacs24 searching for multiple spaces
Date: Wed, 07 May 2014 13:47:01 -0400

Paul Channell wrote:

> Emacs24 can't do incremental searches for multiple spaces, though
> Emacs23 does it well.

Perhaps you want:

(setq search-whitespace-regexp nil)
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From: Paul Channell <paul.j.channell <at> gmail.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#17433: Emacs24 searching for multiple spaces
Date: Wed, 07 May 2014 19:45:18 -0600

On 05/07/2014 11:47 AM, Glenn Morris wrote:
> Paul Channell wrote:
>
>> Emacs24 can't do incremental searches for multiple spaces, though
>> Emacs23 does it well.
> Perhaps you want:
>
> (setq search-whitespace-regexp nil)
I would like to search for a specified number of spaces, say 12 or 19 etc
and to do this while defining a macro to be applied many times. I set the
number of blanks while recording the macro.

Thanks!

Paul Channell
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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Channell <paul.j.channell <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 17433 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17433: Emacs24 searching for multiple spaces
Date: Fri, 09 May 2014 02:47:48 -0400

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Paul Channell wrote:

>> (setq search-whitespace-regexp nil)
>
> I would like to search for a specified number of spaces, say 12 or 19 etc
> and to do this while defining a macro to be applied many times. I set the
> number of blanks while recording the macro.

I believe setting search-whitespace-regexp to nil will allow you to do that.
Added tag(s) notabug; removed tag(s) moreinfo. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 13 May 2014 17:23:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug closed, send any further explanations to 17433 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Paul Channell <paul.j.channell <at> gmail.com> Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 13 May 2014 17:23:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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