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: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Channell <paul.j.channell <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 17433 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: 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.
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