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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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 22494 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22494: still can't search for two spaces
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 09:40:40 +0200

> From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
> 	<jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
> Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 14:34:12 +0800
> 
> 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).  If you want this to be a permanent setting, there's
a variable to customize, also described in the manual.
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