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diff --git a/lisp/compare-w.el b/lisp/compare-w.el index ce9a47d62c5..8772cfcc6df 100644 --- a/lisp/compare-w.el +++ b/lisp/compare-w.el @@ -36,17 +36,18 @@ :prefix "compare-" :group 'tools) -(defcustom compare-windows-whitespace "\\s-+" +(defcustom compare-windows-whitespace "\\(\\s-\\|\n\\)+" "*Regexp that defines whitespace sequences for \\[compare-windows]. -Changes in whitespace are optionally ignored. +That command optionally ignores changes in whitespace. -The value of `compare-windows-whitespace' may instead be a function; this -function is called in each buffer, with point at the current scanning point. -The function's job is to categorize any whitespace around (including before) -point; it should also advance past any whitespace. +The value of `compare-windows-whitespace' is normally a regexp, but it +can also be a function. The function's job is to categorize any +whitespace around (including before) point; it should also advance +past any whitespace. The function is called in each buffer, with +point at the current scanning point. It gets one argument, the point +where `compare-windows' was originally called; it should not look at +any text before that point. -The function is passed one argument, the point where `compare-windows' -was originally called; it should not consider any text before that point. If the function returns the same value for both buffers, then the whitespace is considered to match, and is skipped." :type '(choice regexp function) |