From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Determining existence of text following point Date: Mon, 17 May 2021 17:09:04 -0700 Message-ID: <87zgwsx5r3.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <87cztpx8oz.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="6238"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Skip Montanaro , Help Gnu Emacs To: michael-franzese@gmx.com Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue May 18 02:09:30 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1linIg-0001QV-5A for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 18 May 2021 02:09:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56160 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1linIe-0004wI-C4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 17 May 2021 20:09:28 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48192) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1linIL-0004w3-8k for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 May 2021 20:09:09 -0400 Original-Received: from ericabrahamsen.net ([52.70.2.18]:60560 helo=mail.ericabrahamsen.net) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1linIJ-0002w4-Hf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 May 2021 20:09:08 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (c-71-197-184-122.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [71.197.184.122]) (Authenticated sender: eric@ericabrahamsen.net) by mail.ericabrahamsen.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BA6B8FED1C; Tue, 18 May 2021 00:09:05 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ericabrahamsen.net; s=mail; t=1621296546; bh=qMxaD3w3QpEO97h4ok6gz31PH8K04jp4+sczH2rQCGU=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=BJcHQjT2FI4bQbB5k6hzM2WWigJVRWfvpFkLS9CZmwek4Da3pypEWEPRKS7VTrOU/ TkWlcJ97A/iwrBfWWw/Qv4RrpW8Gdo4zMFLov+g+RFwxfRjewzLBcSp8rxn8SRo1f4 /jOZdSPpuGumlmpI5ZY4mVu9awC+qI34/E60w5YI= In-Reply-To: (michael-franzese's message of "Tue, 18 May 2021 01:15:09 +0200") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=52.70.2.18; envelope-from=eric@ericabrahamsen.net; helo=mail.ericabrahamsen.net X-Spam_score_int: -43 X-Spam_score: -4.4 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:129851 Archived-At: michael-franzese@gmx.com writes: > But if there are only empty spaces it is ok too. Ah, then Skip's looking-at is a fine solution: (looking-at-p "\\([[:blank:]]+\\)?\\(\n\\|\\'\\)") That's as a test. Or you could use a single `replace-regexp' invocation, to detect and replace the whitespace in one go.