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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Message #88 received at 58992 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>
Cc: 58992 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#58992: 28.2; "lax space matching" no longer works
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2022 09:21:04 +0200

> Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2022 04:30:38 +0100
> From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>
> Cc: 58992 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> The [[:space:]\n]+ in the doc is misleading. Since a newline character
> is a whitespace, [[:space:]]+ is sufficient.

That is only true in major modes where the newline has the
"whitespace" syntax, see the description of [:space:] in the ELisp
manual.  I guess you tried this in Fundamental mode or somesuch?
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