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Fix multiple spaces in Emacs manual

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* doc/emacs/search.texi (Lax Search): Fix multiple consecutive
spaces in printed manual.
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Eli Zaretskii 2018-01-28 19:29:07 +02:00
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@ -1187,15 +1187,16 @@ tailor them to your needs.
By default, search commands perform @dfn{lax space matching}: By default, search commands perform @dfn{lax space matching}:
each space, or sequence of spaces, matches any sequence of one or more each space, or sequence of spaces, matches any sequence of one or more
whitespace characters in the text. (Incremental regexp search has a whitespace characters in the text. (Incremental regexp search has a
separate default; see @ref{Regexp Search}.) Hence, @samp{foo bar} separate default; see @ref{Regexp Search}.) Hence, @w{@samp{foo bar}}
matches @samp{foo bar}, @samp{foo@w{ }bar}, @samp{foo@w{ }bar}, and matches @w{@samp{foo bar}}, @w{@samp{foo@ @ bar}},
so on (but not @samp{foobar}). More precisely, Emacs matches each @w{@samp{foo@ @ @ bar}}, and so on (but not @samp{foobar}). More
sequence of space characters in the search string to a regular precisely, Emacs matches each sequence of space characters in the
expression specified by the variable @code{search-whitespace-regexp}. search string to a regular expression specified by the variable
For example, to make spaces match sequences of newlines as well as @code{search-whitespace-regexp}. For example, to make spaces match
spaces, set it to @samp{"[[:space:]\n]+"}. The default value of this sequences of newlines as well as spaces, set it to
variable depends on the buffer's major mode; most major modes classify @samp{"[[:space:]\n]+"}. The default value of this variable depends
spaces, tabs, and formfeed characters as whitespace. on the buffer's major mode; most major modes classify spaces, tabs,
and formfeed characters as whitespace.
If you want whitespace characters to match exactly, you can turn lax If you want whitespace characters to match exactly, you can turn lax
space matching off by typing @kbd{M-s @key{SPC}} space matching off by typing @kbd{M-s @key{SPC}}