On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 01:42:14PM +0200, carlmarcos@tutanota.com wrote: > Jul 24, 2022, 11:26 by tomas@tuxteam.de: > > > On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 01:12:39PM +0200, carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor wrote: > > > > [...] > > > >> I'd appreciate if emacs could provide a minimum set of functions to manipulate list, > >> as string manipulations are of good use. > >> > > > > Why do you always refuse to read the docs? > > > >> What can be introduced, you think? > >> > > > > What is missing, from your point of view? > > > What can I use to test whether a string in composed of whitespace or is empty? Try (string-match-p "^[[:space:]]*$" your-string-here) If you want it to only match "horizontal white space" (i.e. no newlines, no vertical tabs), try :blank: instead. Cheers -- t