From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Jacobson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: whitespace a misnomer Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:20:34 +0800 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87brev8pe5.fsf_-_@jidanni.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1098417592 8248 80.91.229.6 (22 Oct 2004 03:59:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 03:59:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 22 05:59:47 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CKqah-0007On-00 for ; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 05:59:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CKqiA-0005Ox-Le for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 00:07:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CKqi6-0005Ks-5H for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 00:07:26 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CKqi5-0005Kc-JA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 00:07:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CKqi5-0005KO-BI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 00:07:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [204.74.68.40] (helo=frodo.hserus.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1CKqaW-0003Xh-Ho for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 23:59:36 -0400 Original-Received: from tc218-187-77-196.2-4.dynamic.apol.com.tw ([218.187.77.196]:39636 helo=jidanni1) by frodo.hserus.net with esmtpsa (Cipher TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.43 #0) id 1CKqaO-000FXf-Qd by authid with plain; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:29:35 +0530 Original-To: perlbug@perl.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:9408 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:9408 S> We're an equal opportunity project; we do not discriminate against S> trailing whitespace. Come to think of it, whitespace is a misnomer, a relic of offices with white paper. As I type, "whitespace" is indeed black on one screen, red on another, grey on another, etc. $ man perlre|grep -c white 12 Worse is whitelisting/blacklisting etc. Or maybe let's just accept it. [OK perldudes, close this bug that I hereby opened.]