From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#17433: Emacs24 searching for multiple spaces Date: Fri, 09 May 2014 02:47:48 -0400 Message-ID: References: <536A7010.5020102@gmail.com> <536AE1AE.9050201@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1399618095 5174 80.91.229.3 (9 May 2014 06:48:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 06:48:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 17433@debbugs.gnu.org To: Paul Channell Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 09 08:48:08 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 1WiebH-00062z-RL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 May 2014 08:48:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50936 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WiebH-0004gp-A0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 May 2014 02:48:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43803) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WiebE-0004g7-A1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 May 2014 02:48:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WiebD-0002ce-Ho for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 May 2014 02:48:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:39157) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WiebD-0002cZ-Dx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 May 2014 02:48:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WiebC-0003fn-Bp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 May 2014 02:48:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 09 May 2014 06:48:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17433 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: moreinfo Original-Received: via spool by 17433-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17433.139961807314100 (code B ref 17433); Fri, 09 May 2014 06:48:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17433) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 May 2014 06:47:53 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56508 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Wieb2-0003fL-Aj for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 09 May 2014 02:47:52 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:40949 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Wieaz-0003fD-Ar for 17433@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 09 May 2014 02:47:49 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wieay-0004qs-Qi; Fri, 09 May 2014 02:47:48 -0400 X-Spook: Lexis-Nexis MD5 Becker sniper Gazprom e-bomb S Box Kh-11 X-Ran: P{^^8p$xgz!anBK=`'X4}Thl*nG*d?`.t`y?yyB3PUS/,J).kLc_^ACMVjbCG[EMXxdy4E X-Hue: cyan X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <536AE1AE.9050201@gmail.com> (Paul Channell's message of "Wed, 07 May 2014 19:45:18 -0600") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) 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:88810 Archived-At: (Please keep the debbugs address cc'd) Paul Channell wrote: >> (setq search-whitespace-regexp nil) > > I would like to search for a specified number of spaces, say 12 or 19 etc > and to do this while defining a macro to be applied many times. I set the > number of blanks while recording the macro. I believe setting search-whitespace-regexp to nil will allow you to do that.