From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
To: bzg@gnu.org
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Interpretation of a space in regexp isearch?
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 03:45:35 +0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <502AE31F.10204@yandex.ru> (raw)
Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> writes:
> I just found out that
>
> C-u C-s [a-z]\. [A-Z]
>
> matches more than one space character.
>
> Is this a bug?
>
> How can I search only one space character?
The docstring for `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). If you want to search for a literal space and
nothing else, enter C-q SPC.
next reply other threads:[~2012-08-14 23:45 UTC|newest]
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2012-08-14 23:45 Dmitry Gutov [this message]
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2012-08-15 4:40 Interpretation of a space in regexp isearch? Dmitry Gutov
2012-08-15 5:27 ` Bastien
2012-08-15 9:11 ` Dani Moncayo
2012-08-15 9:13 ` Dani Moncayo
2012-08-15 9:19 ` Dani Moncayo
2012-08-15 13:59 ` Drew Adams
2012-08-15 14:31 ` Davis Herring
2012-08-15 16:43 ` Drew Adams
2012-08-15 17:54 ` Davis Herring
2012-08-15 22:53 ` Dmitry Gutov
2012-08-15 23:21 ` Drew Adams
2012-08-16 2:25 ` Dmitry Gutov
2012-08-16 5:37 ` Drew Adams
2012-08-26 4:06 ` Chong Yidong
2012-08-26 6:59 ` Bastien
2012-08-26 15:19 ` Dani Moncayo
2012-08-26 17:31 ` Dani Moncayo
2012-08-28 8:28 ` Juri Linkov
2012-08-28 9:07 ` Dani Moncayo
2012-08-28 23:01 ` Juri Linkov
2012-08-27 18:34 ` Johan Bockgård
2012-08-28 8:30 ` Juri Linkov
2012-08-28 12:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-08-28 22:54 ` Juri Linkov
2012-08-28 23:52 ` Drew Adams
2012-08-29 8:38 ` Juri Linkov
2012-08-29 16:01 ` Drew Adams
2012-08-29 23:49 ` Juri Linkov
2012-08-30 8:19 ` Chong Yidong
2012-08-30 8:31 ` Chong Yidong
2012-08-30 8:54 ` Juri Linkov
2012-08-30 14:47 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-08-31 0:02 ` Juri Linkov
2012-08-31 0:07 ` Juri Linkov
2012-08-31 5:40 ` Chong Yidong
2012-08-31 9:31 ` Juri Linkov
2012-08-31 14:55 ` Chong Yidong
2012-09-01 0:47 ` Juri Linkov
2012-09-01 3:15 ` Chong Yidong
2012-09-01 11:50 ` Juri Linkov
2012-09-01 16:02 ` Chong Yidong
2012-08-29 6:46 ` Chong Yidong
2012-08-29 8:28 ` Juri Linkov
2012-08-29 13:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-08-29 15:11 ` Dani Moncayo
2012-08-29 23:51 ` Juri Linkov
2012-08-28 8:27 ` Juri Linkov
2012-08-29 6:59 ` Chong Yidong
2012-08-29 8:34 ` Juri Linkov
2012-08-30 9:01 ` Chong Yidong
2012-08-30 9:18 ` Juri Linkov
2012-08-14 23:03 Bastien
2012-08-14 23:45 ` Davis Herring
2012-08-14 23:53 ` Bastien
2012-08-15 3:42 ` Chong Yidong
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