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diff --git a/lisp/isearch.el b/lisp/isearch.el
index ddb5ba9331c..37070ba6f51 100644
--- a/lisp/isearch.el
+++ b/lisp/isearch.el
@@ -1540,17 +1540,22 @@ nil and a non-nil value of the option `search-invisible'
"Return a regexp which matches words, ignoring punctuation.
Given STRING, a string of words separated by word delimiters,
compute a regexp that matches those exact words separated by
-arbitrary punctuation. If LAX is non-nil, the end of the string
-need not match a word boundary unless it ends in whitespace.
+arbitrary punctuation. If the string begins or ends in whitespace,
+the beginning or the end of the string matches arbitrary whitespace.
+Otherwise if LAX is non-nil, the beginning or the end of the string
+need not match a word boundary.
Used in `word-search-forward', `word-search-backward',
`word-search-forward-lax', `word-search-backward-lax'."
- (if (string-match-p "^\\W*$" string)
- ""
- (concat
- "\\b"
- (mapconcat 'identity (split-string string "\\W+" t) "\\W+")
- (if (or (not lax) (string-match-p "\\W$" string)) "\\b"))))
+ (cond
+ ((equal string "") "")
+ ((string-match-p "\\`\\W+\\'" string) "\\W+")
+ (t (concat
+ (if (string-match-p "\\`\\W" string) "\\W+"
+ (unless lax "\\<"))
+ (mapconcat 'regexp-quote (split-string string "\\W+" t) "\\W+")
+ (if (string-match-p "\\W\\'" string) "\\W+"
+ (unless lax "\\>"))))))
(defun word-search-backward (string &optional bound noerror count)
"Search backward from point for STRING, ignoring differences in punctuation.
@@ -1625,8 +1630,24 @@ to punctuation."
(defun isearch-symbol-regexp (string &optional lax)
"Return a regexp which matches STRING as a symbol.
Creates a regexp where STRING is surrounded by symbol delimiters \\_< and \\_>.
-If LAX is non-nil, the end of the string need not match a symbol boundary."
- (concat "\\_<" (regexp-quote string) (unless lax "\\_>")))
+If there are more than one symbol, then compute a regexp that matches
+those exact symbols separated by non-symbol characters. If the string
+begins or ends in whitespace, the beginning or the end of the string
+matches arbitrary non-symbol whitespace. Otherwise if LAX is non-nil,
+the beginning or the end of the string need not match a symbol boundary."
+ (let ((not-word-symbol-re
+ ;; This regexp matches all syntaxes except word and symbol syntax.
+ ;; FIXME: Replace it with something shorter if possible (bug#14602).
+ "\\(?:\\s-\\|\\s.\\|\\s(\\|\\s)\\|\\s\"\\|\\s\\\\|\\s/\\|\\s$\\|\\s'\\|\\s<\\|\\s>\\|\\s@\\|\\s!\\|\\s|\\)+"))
+ (cond
+ ((equal string "") "")
+ ((string-match-p (format "\\`%s\\'" not-word-symbol-re) string) not-word-symbol-re)
+ (t (concat
+ (if (string-match-p (format "\\`%s" not-word-symbol-re) string) not-word-symbol-re
+ (unless lax "\\_<"))
+ (mapconcat 'regexp-quote (split-string string not-word-symbol-re t) not-word-symbol-re)
+ (if (string-match-p (format "%s\\'" not-word-symbol-re) string) not-word-symbol-re
+ (unless lax "\\_>")))))))
(put 'isearch-symbol-regexp 'isearch-message-prefix "symbol ")