* Re: emacs sources awash in trailing blanks [not found] <mailman.4074.1098215855.2017.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> @ 2004-10-19 19:59 ` Stefan Monnier 2004-10-22 2:20 ` whitespace a misnomer Dan Jacobson 0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread From: Stefan Monnier @ 2004-10-19 19:59 UTC (permalink / raw) > Gentlemen, emacs sources are the home of many stowaway trailing > blanks, hiding at the ends of lines, just waiting for their > opportunity to reproduce more of themselves thru a cut and paste by an > oblivious non show-trailing-whitespace using developer. We're an equal opportunity project; we do not discriminate against trailing whitespace. Stefan ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
* whitespace a misnomer 2004-10-19 19:59 ` emacs sources awash in trailing blanks Stefan Monnier @ 2004-10-22 2:20 ` Dan Jacobson 0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread From: Dan Jacobson @ 2004-10-22 2:20 UTC (permalink / raw) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs 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.] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
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