SET FIND WHITESPACE Sets FIND and WILDCARD FIND to treat spaces, tabs, and up to one line break as "whitespace." Thus, you can search for a string of two or more words whether they are separated by any number of spaces or tabs or by a line break. Example: The following commands find "Mark Twain" whether the words are separated by spaces or tabs, or if "Mark" is at the end of a line and "Twain" is at the start of the next line: Command: SET FIND WHITESPACE Command: FIND mark twain Usage notes: o Default is SET FIND NOWHITESPACE---searches match spaces and tabs exactly and search strings do not span a line break. o The setting applies in all buffers, but is not saved in a section file or command file. If you want SET FIND WHITESPACE for future editing sessions, put that command in an initialization file (typically named EVE$INIT.EVE). See help on Initialization Files. o On DECwindows, you can choose the setting as follows: 1. Choose Set Whitespace from the Search menu or choose Search Attributes from the Customize menu. 2. Choose Set Find Whitespace. o You can also search across white space by using WILDCARD FIND, regardless of the setting. For example, with VMS wildcards, use ** (to match any amount of text, crossing lines) or \W (to match white space). Related topics: FIND SET FIND NOWHITESPACE WILDCARD FIND