From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#22494: still can't search for two spaces Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2016 08:08:13 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <9c737239-e177-4790-944c-20dbb245e019@default> References: <87h9hvshi3.fsf@jidanni.org> <8337tfy0p3.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1454256569 17655 80.91.229.3 (31 Jan 2016 16:09:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2016 16:09:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 22494@debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni@jidanni.org To: John Wiegley , Richard Stallman Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 31 17:09:16 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aPuYr-0003eT-3i for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2016 17:09:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42211 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aPuYn-0001TX-60 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2016 11:09:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57185) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aPuYj-0001TR-HQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2016 11:09:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aPuYg-0007Wq-C4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2016 11:09:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:55070) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aPuYg-0007Wm-8m for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2016 11:09:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aPuYg-0004Y1-1B for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2016 11:09:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2016 16:09:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 22494 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: notabug Original-Received: via spool by 22494-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B22494.145425650417430 (code B ref 22494); Sun, 31 Jan 2016 16:09:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 22494) by debbugs.gnu.org; 31 Jan 2016 16:08:24 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43290 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aPuY4-0004X4-7N for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2016 11:08:24 -0500 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:17533) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aPuY2-0004Wq-GW for 22494@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2016 11:08:22 -0500 Original-Received: from aserv0022.oracle.com (aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id u0VG8Gqi029255 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 31 Jan 2016 16:08:16 GMT Original-Received: from userv0122.oracle.com (userv0122.oracle.com [156.151.31.75]) by aserv0022.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u0VG8Frj018849 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Sun, 31 Jan 2016 16:08:15 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0016.oracle.com (abhmp0016.oracle.com [141.146.116.22]) by userv0122.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u0VG8ENU008510; Sun, 31 Jan 2016 16:08:15 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:112137 Archived-At: > > This is a bug. When the user types SPC SPC in a search string, person > > clearly wants to search for two spaces. It should do that. >=20 > Yes, exactly in the same sense that we disable case folding if mixed case= is > used in a search string. 1. We do both, yes. But I see no logical connection between those two design decisions. Neither of them implies or supports the other. 2. Here's another consideration that might apply to whether we automatically switch to literal whitespace search due to multiple, contiguous whitespace chars (and yes, you could argue similarly wrt automatic turn-off of case-folding): If a user _types_ additional whitespace chars then it is reasonable to assume that literal search is what is intended. But if a user _pastes_ some copied text that includes multiple, contiguous whitespace chars, then such an assumption is less reasonable. The intention might depend on where the text was copied from, etc. It's really hard to guess whether the user intended to respect the copied whitespace literally - or even whether s?he is aware that there are multiple, contiguous whitespace chars in the pasted text.