GNU bug report logs - #9364
23.3.50; inconsistent behavior of M-s o in regex isearch

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Reported by: Eric Hanchrow <eric.hanchrow <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:30:03 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 23.3.50

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Eric Hanchrow <eric.hanchrow <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 9364 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9364: 23.3.50; inconsistent behavior of M-s o in regex isearch
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:35:04 -0400

Eric Hanchrow wrote:

> I then typed M-C-s ^ SPC permission.  This did what I expected: it moved
> point forward until it was just after the word "Permission" on line 23.
>
> I then typed M-s o. I saw a message in the echo area:
>
>         Searched 1 buffer; no matches for `^ permission'

isearch-forward-regexp says:

  In regexp incremental searches, a space or spaces normally matches
  any whitespace (the variable `search-whitespace-regexp' controls
  precisely what that means).

occur does not have this feature.
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