Re: lisp function to search-forward for lines with same indent

[Malte Spiess]

"Badari Kakumani" <badarisj@gmail.com> writes:

> [...]
>
> any clues on how to go about developing this lisp function or
> any pointers to existing functions that do this will help.

Sorry, can't help you here, I hoped that some guru would answer, but as
it is I'll at least answer your 2nd question:

> to my surprise, in emacs, when i press:
>    Esc Ctr-s ^ Space \sw
> emacs is matching all lines that start with any number of spaces
> (instead of matching lines with exactly one-space in the beginning
> of line and a non-space character). not sure why it is behaving this
> way.

It's because spaces matches any number of spaces (and other whitespace).
If you really want a space, you have to press C-q space.

> thanks,
> -badari

HTH

Malte