From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18296: 24.4.50; doc string of `whitespace-mode' Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 15:27:17 +0200 Message-ID: <87r3dnrzuy.fsf@gnus.org> References: <33f70bf0-28a5-45d3-ad74-dcc4775ca261@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1462022923 8694 80.91.229.3 (30 Apr 2016 13:28:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 13:28:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 18296@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 30 15:28:31 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1awUwg-000804-4L for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 15:28:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58415 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awUwc-0008Ih-0y for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 09:28:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33007) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awUwT-00084F-4v for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 09:28:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awUwH-0003pk-8I for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 09:28:11 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:44124) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awUwH-0003ox-4N for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 09:28:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awUwD-0005V2-Jk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 09:28:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 13:28:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18296 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 18296-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18296.146202284321095 (code B ref 18296); Sat, 30 Apr 2016 13:28:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18296) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Apr 2016 13:27:23 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56461 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awUvb-0005UB-MH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 09:27:23 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:56562) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awUvZ-0005U0-Hv for 18296@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 09:27:22 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.1.64.getinternet.no ([84.215.1.64] helo=mouse) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awUvV-0002e7-Sg; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 15:27:19 +0200 In-Reply-To: <33f70bf0-28a5-45d3-ad74-dcc4775ca261@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 19 Aug 2014 07:30:52 -0700 (PDT)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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 Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:117322 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > 1. Please mention which faces are used for which kinds of highlighting. Well, there's a lot of faces, and I think it's unusual for modes like this to enumerate them. But perhaps a link to the customisation group would be nice? Is there a syntax for that? > 2. Wording: > > So, for example, if indentation and indentation::space are > included in `whitespace-style' list, the indentation value is > evaluated instead of indentation::space value. > > One reason for not visualize spaces via faces (if `face' is not > included in `whitespace-style') is to use exclusively for > cleaning up a buffer. See `whitespace-cleanup' and > `whitespace-cleanup-region' for documentation. > > A minimal fix: > > For example, if `indentation' and `indentation::space' are included in > `whitespace-style', the `indentation' value is used instead of the > `indentation::space' value. > > One reason to not use faces to visualize spaces (i.e., not include > `face' in `whitespace-style') is to use `whitespace-mode' only for > cleaning up a buffer. See `whitespace-cleanup' and > `whitespace-cleanup-region'. Installed. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no