From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#17901: 24.4.50; Doc Fix in "(emacs) Regexp Search" Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 02:35:30 +0300 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <878uobuwm1.fsf@mail.jurta.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1404346957 8112 80.91.229.3 (3 Jul 2014 00:22:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2014 00:22:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 17901@debbugs.gnu.org To: Dani Moncayo Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 03 02:22:30 2014 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 1X2UnF-00057n-0X for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Jul 2014 02:22:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57071 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X2UnE-0003LX-EM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Jul 2014 20:22:28 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60996) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X2Umz-0003IG-6q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jul 2014 20:22:20 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X2Umq-0002F2-Hd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jul 2014 20:22:13 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:49732) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X2Umq-0002Ey-EE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jul 2014 20:22:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X2Umq-0003LG-30 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jul 2014 20:22:04 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Juri Linkov Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 00:22:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17901 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 17901-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17901.140434689912761 (code B ref 17901); Thu, 03 Jul 2014 00:22:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17901) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 Jul 2014 00:21:39 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40875 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X2UmR-0003Jj-10 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jul 2014 20:21:39 -0400 Original-Received: from alc-vshost7.dreamhost.com ([69.163.216.107]:38998 helo=ps18281.dreamhostps.com) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X2UmO-0003JG-74 for 17901@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jul 2014 20:21:36 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost.jurta.org (ps18281.dreamhostps.com [69.163.222.226]) by ps18281.dreamhostps.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEA5F30935D6FF; Wed, 2 Jul 2014 17:21:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Dani Moncayo's message of "Wed, 2 Jul 2014 19:26:46 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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:91123 Archived-At: > In info node "(emacs) Regexp Search", I've found this paragraph: > > Just as in ordinary incremental search, any typed in > incremental regexp search matches any sequence of one or more whitespace > characters. The variable ‘search-whitespace-regexp’ specifies the > regexp for the lax space matching, and ‘M-s ’ > (‘isearch-toggle-lax-whitespace’) toggles the feature. *Note Special > Isearch::. > > I think that this paragraph would need some rewording, because the > variable 'isearch-regexp-lax-whitespace' is nil by default (unlike > 'isearch-lax-whitespace', which is t by default). Thanks, the doc could be improved as follows: === modified file 'doc/emacs/search.texi' --- doc/emacs/search.texi 2014-04-29 14:45:24 +0000 +++ doc/emacs/search.texi 2014-07-02 23:34:54 +0000 @@ -602,12 +602,13 @@ (@code{isearch-backward-regexp}), @kbd{C They also have separate search rings, which you can access with @kbd{M-p} and @kbd{M-n}. - Just as in ordinary incremental search, any @key{SPC} typed in -incremental regexp search matches any sequence of one or more -whitespace characters. The variable @code{search-whitespace-regexp} -specifies the regexp for the lax space matching, and @kbd{M-s @key{SPC}} -(@code{isearch-toggle-lax-whitespace}) toggles the feature. -@xref{Special Isearch}. + Unlike ordinary incremental search, incremental regexp search +do not use lax space matching by default. To toggle this feature +use @kbd{M-s @key{SPC}} (@code{isearch-toggle-lax-whitespace}). +Then any @key{SPC} typed in incremental regexp search will match +any sequence of one or more whitespace characters. The variable +@code{search-whitespace-regexp} specifies the regexp for the lax +space matching. @xref{Special Isearch}. In some cases, adding characters to the regexp in an incremental regexp search can make the cursor move back and start again. For