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EVE SET_FIND_WHITESPACE — VMS 5.1-B

 SET FIND WHITESPACE

 Sets FIND and WILDCARD FIND commands to treat spaces, tabs, and up to one
 line break as "whitespace." This is useful in searching for a string of
 two or more words.

 Example:

    The following commands find "Mark Twain" if there is one or more spaces
    or tabs between the words or if "Mark" is at the end of a line and
    "Twain" is at the start of the next line:

       SET FIND WHITESPACE
       FIND mark twain

 o  The default setting is NOWHITESPACE -- that is, EVE matches spaces and
    tabs in the search string exactly, and searches across a line break.

 o  If you want whitespace find for all or most editing sessions, put the
    SET FIND WHITESPACE command in your EVE initialization file.

 Related topics:

    FIND    FIND NEXT    FIND SELECTED    SET FIND NOWHITESPACE

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