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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 06:35:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #32 received at 22494 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: John Wiegley <jwiegley <at> gmail.com>
To: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 22494 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: Re: bug#22494: still can't search for two spaces
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 21:39:18 -0800

>>>>> Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> writes:

> 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.

Yes, exactly in the same sense that we disable case folding if mixed case is
used in a search string.

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