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: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rpluim <at> gmail.com, 58992 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#58992: 28.2; "lax space matching" no longer works
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2022 02:55:54 +0100

On 2022-11-04 17:23:11 +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > 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?

If I'm not mistaken, it is said only in Section "Character Classes",
not at a higher level.

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

OK, thanks.

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