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Update documentation of search-whitespace-regexp

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* doc/emacs/search.texi (Lax Search): Update the documentation about
the default value of search-whitespace-regexp, as it is now
independent of the major mode's syntax table (bug#51020).
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Daniel Martín 2021-10-05 09:37:56 +02:00 committed by Lars Ingebrigtsen
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@ -1332,9 +1332,8 @@ precisely, Emacs matches each sequence of space characters in the
search string to a regular expression specified by the variable
@code{search-whitespace-regexp}. For example, to make spaces match
sequences of newlines as well as spaces, set it to
@samp{"[[:space:]\n]+"}. The default value of this variable depends
on the buffer's major mode; most major modes classify spaces, tabs,
and formfeed characters as whitespace.
@samp{"[[:space:]\n]+"}. The default value of this variable considers
any sequence of spaces and tab characters as whitespace.
If you want whitespace characters to match exactly, you can turn lax
space matching off by typing @kbd{M-s @key{SPC}}