Re: spaces in isearch

[Kevin Rodgers]

Richard Stallman wrote:
>     Since C-q in isearch mode is processed by isearch-quote-char,
>     it could intercept SPC and insert [ ] into the search string.
>
> I thought about that, but it would not work right in all contexts.
> For instance, suppose you're inside a [...] grouping already.
>
> It's true that you don't *need* to use C-q if you're inside a [...]
> grouping already.  But using it there shouldn't cause wrong results.

Can't Emacs detect that it's inside a non-terminated [...] and do
the right thing in that context?

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Kevin Rodgers