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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob@tcd.ie>
Cc: 31713-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#31713: 26.1.50; Docstring for 'empty' whitespace-style is clearer than manual
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2018 18:05:21 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83vaax9sum.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874liifpmu.fsf@tcd.ie> (contovob@tcd.ie)

> From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob@tcd.ie>
> Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2018 18:06:01 +0100
> 
> tags 31713 patch
> quit
> 
> > The 'empty' whitespace-style option is described under
> > "(emacs) Useless Whitespace" as follows:
> >
> >   ‘empty’
> >        Highlight empty lines.
> >
> > The docstring of whitespace-style, on the other hand, is a bit clearer
> > w.r.t. which lines are considered empty:
> >
> >   empty                empty lines at beginning and/or end of buffer
> >                        are visualized via faces.
> >                        It has effect only if `face' (see above)
> >                        is present in `whitespace-style'.
> >
> > I think the manual should also mention the BOB/EOB restriction.
> 
> I attach a potential amendment.

Thanks, pushed.





      reply	other threads:[~2018-06-05 15:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-06-04 16:55 bug#31713: 26.1.50; Docstring for 'empty' whitespace-style is clearer than manual Basil L. Contovounesios
2018-06-04 17:06 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2018-06-05 15:05   ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]

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