From: "Ludwig, Mark" <ludwig.mark@siemens.com>
To: "tomas@tuxteam.de" <tomas@tuxteam.de>,
"help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: Problem with whitespaces in search
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 14:46:09 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <BC5672F8AD4C054BAF167C9801500D1A015B46247A@USSLMMBX003.net.plm.eds.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160128134854.GA12559@tuxteam.de>
> From: tomas@tuxteam.de, Thursday, January 28, 2016 7:49 AM
>
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 11:16:34AM +0100, Philippe Delavalade wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > I have just noticed a problem when searching whitespaces. I'm using version
> > 24.3.1 under linux/slackware 14.1.
> >
> > For instance, with a file containing the unique line
> >
> > abcd fghix jklmxx nopqxxx
> >
> > and with the cursor on column 0, when searching whitespaces (incremental or
> > not), the cursor comes under the 'f' which is normal but it stays their
> > even when typing many ' '.
>
> In "incremental search" (I'm assuming from context you are using that), any
> whitespace you enter will match a sequence of one or more whitespaces.
>
> You can change this behaviour by setting the variable "isearch-lax-whitespace"
> to nil (there is a command for that, "isearch-toggle-lax-whitespace").
>
> Try M-x isearch-toggle-lax-whitespace to change that.
>
> hth
> - -- t
I'm running Emacs 24.2.1, with the same behavior.
I don't see any variable with any similar name.
I've tried Apropos both "isearch" and "whitespace" and don't see anything.
Thanks,
Mark
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-01-28 14:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-28 10:16 Problem with whitespaces in search Philippe Delavalade
2016-01-28 13:48 ` tomas
2016-01-28 14:46 ` Ludwig, Mark [this message]
2016-01-28 14:56 ` tomas
[not found] ` <20160128144901.GA1588@magellan.home>
2016-01-28 14:58 ` tomas
2016-01-28 15:24 ` Bob Proulx
2016-01-28 15:36 ` Philippe Delavalade
2016-01-28 16:00 ` Drew Adams
2016-01-29 7:32 ` tomas
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