# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1127692630 0
# Node ID 8430a6e62d6c59f2eb77f1b811886a9fdc4c07fd
# Parent  b4317398b284c4bc79752ed2cda20135ff51f6f0
(Regexp Search): Doc search-whitespace-regexp.

diff -r b4317398b284 -r 8430a6e62d6c man/search.texi
--- a/man/search.texi	Sun Sep 25 23:49:15 2005 +0000
+++ b/man/search.texi	Sun Sep 25 23:57:10 2005 +0000
@@ -464,9 +464,12 @@
 defaults.  They also have separate search rings that you can access with
 @kbd{M-p} and @kbd{M-n}.
 
+@vindex search-whitespace-regexp
   If you type @key{SPC} in incremental regexp search, it matches any
-sequence of whitespace characters, including newlines.  If you want
-to match just a space, type @kbd{C-q @key{SPC}}.
+sequence of whitespace characters, including newlines.  If you want to
+match just a space, type @kbd{C-q @key{SPC}}.  You can control what a
+bare spece matches by setting the variable
+@code{search-whitespace-regexp} to the desired regexp.
 
   Note that adding characters to the regexp in an incremental regexp
 search can make the cursor move back and start again.  For example, if