changeset 65693:8430a6e62d6c

(Regexp Search): Doc search-whitespace-regexp.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Sun, 25 Sep 2005 23:57:10 +0000
parents b4317398b284
children c2508361021b
files man/search.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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--- 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