GNU bug report logs - #58992
28.2; "lax space matching" no longer works

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>

Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2022 16:54:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.2

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>
Cc: rpluim <at> gmail.com, 58992 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#58992: 28.2; "lax space matching" no longer works
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2022 17:23:11 +0200

> Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2022 16:00:02 +0100
> From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>
> Cc: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>, 58992 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> IMHO, Section "Syntax of Regular Expressions" (for both Emacs and Elisp)
> should warn that the meaning of a regular expression may depend on the
> major mode.

Already done.  Did you look at the latest version in Git?

> Moreover, the [[:space:]\n]+ suggestion for search-whitespace-regexp
> should be changed to something that does not use [:space:]

Done.
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