use <space> for \s

[JosuaKrause]

<whitespace> for \s is a bit long and since \s is more common than " " I wonder why " " needs a special tag in the first place? (And <whitespace> could be <space>). You can still use " " to match space characters (0x20) currently. In my mind a tag (i.e., <...>) maps to a special regex symbol so it might also be confusing if <space> just maps to " " (which could be put verbatim into a query). Additionally, if you do want to match a single space character

"I like food";

seems easier to read than

"I";
<space>;
"like";
<space>;
"food";

Just my two cents :)