Re: query-replace-regexp vs. following blanks highlighting

[Chong Yidong]

Chris Moore <address@hidden> writes:

>> This is a new feature in Emacs 22.  Use "^[ ]" if you want to
>> highlight exactly one space.
>
> What's the rationale for this feature?  I thought the point of
> highlighting was to show which parts of the buffer match the regular
> expression being searched for, which is useful.  What is the use of
> showing parts which don't match as well?

I brought up this issue long ago:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2005-02/msg00174.html