GNU bug report logs - #22494
still can't search for two spaces

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Message #17 received at 22494 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 22494 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: Re: bug#22494: still can't search for two spaces
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 17:10:30 -0500

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  > > I still can't search for two spaces with C-s SPC SPC.
  > > It still just sits on the first match for single space.

  > Crystal ball says you didn't read the manual, which explains that you
  > need to type M-s SPC after C-s to get what you want (which is literal
  > space matching).

This is a bug.  When the user types SPC SPC in a search string,
person clearly wants to search for two spaces.  It should do that.

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