From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: search-whitespace-regexp Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 12:39:18 -0500 Message-ID: References: <1982.220.255.95.17.1107526353.squirrel@220.255.95.17> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1107625687 8327 80.91.229.2 (5 Feb 2005 17:48:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 17:48:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 05 18:48:07 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CxU2L-0007wa-8x for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Feb 2005 18:48:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CxUG6-0007XS-Rw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Feb 2005 13:02:14 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CxUEC-0006VJ-UG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Feb 2005 13:00:16 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CxUE7-0006S5-Oi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Feb 2005 13:00:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CxUE7-0006QM-KO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Feb 2005 13:00:11 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CxTwx-0007t8-HG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Feb 2005 12:42:27 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1CxTtu-0001em-5a; Sat, 05 Feb 2005 12:39:18 -0500 Original-To: "Chong Yidong" In-reply-to: <1982.220.255.95.17.1107526353.squirrel@220.255.95.17> (cyd@stupidchicken.com) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org X-MailScanner-To: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:32911 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:32911 However, I believe that using search-whitespace-regexp in isearch-forward-regexp is a misfeature. It should instead be used for isearch-forward. For years, string search has treated characters literally while regexp search has treated space as "any whitespace". To reverse this would be an incompatible change that would affect every user. I think you're the first person ever to ask for this change. I think it would cause more trouble than benefit. However, if a poll of users is done, and we find that most users would prefer this change, I would consider it.