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

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Message #53 received at 22494 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 22494 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, mbork <at> mbork.pl, drew.adams <at> oracle.com,
 jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: Re: bug#22494: still can't search for two spaces
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2016 06:01:38 -0500

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  > What is in the search string is a search pattern.  How it is
  > interpreted is the question.

Right.  And I am proposing a way to interpret part of it.  Namely, 
two spaces in a row means to match two spaces in the buffer.


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