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still can't search for two spaces

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Message #44 received at 22494 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 22494 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eliz <at> gnu.org, mbork <at> mbork.pl, rms <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22494: still can't search for two spaces
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2016 08:13:09 +0800

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

DA> What is not obvious is whether whitespace search should be
DA> changed away from literal matching just because there are
DA> not (no longer) multiple such chars in a row in the search
DA> pattern.  That was the subject of the text you quoted.

All I know is an Auntie Nelda-like person (me) typed those two spaces
and expected them to match. I don't know about all that other stuff.

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