From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: show whitespace problems by default in diff-mode Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:26:30 +0900 Message-ID: References: <200907162214.n6GMEo5o025706@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> <873a8wryfj.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <200907170135.n6H1ZRW8029119@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> <87k528ozem.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87ws686nyz.fsf@telefonica.net> <200907170336.n6H3asxS000667@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1247804954 15456 80.91.229.12 (17 Jul 2009 04:29:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:29:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D3scar?= Fuentes , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Dan Nicolaescu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 17 06:29:00 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MRf48-0007t4-8T for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:29:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:32855 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MRf47-00034B-Ir for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:28:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MRf1r-00014Z-GC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:26:39 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MRf1o-00012q-0U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:26:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=53308 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MRf1n-00012n-Nx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:26:35 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.193]:35546) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MRf1l-0007GY-IK; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:26:34 -0400 Original-Received: from relay21.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.50]) by tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id n6H4QUOX021702; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:26:30 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay11.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.16] [10.29.19.16]) by relay21.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:26:30 +0900 Original-Received: from dhlpc061 ([10.114.113.45] [10.114.113.45]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:26:30 +0900 Original-Received: by dhlpc061 (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 6F1B452E228; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:26:30 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <200907170336.n6H3asxS000667@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> (Dan Nicolaescu's message of "Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:36:54 -0700 (PDT)") Original-Lines: 23 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:112604 Archived-At: Dan Nicolaescu writes: > > I can see an argument for turning on highlighting of "introduced > > trailing whitespace" (not in the context lines) by default for vc-diff > > of the working tree, but more general ("pedantic") highlighting > > shouldn't be on by default. > > The feature we are talking about here is exclusively about highlighting > the "introduced trailing whitespace"... Only in vc-diff against the working tree? I don't like trailing whitespace either, and would be happy if there was an unobtrusive and convenient way to reduce it -- but I also look at lots of diffs where such indications would simply be noise. [It seems worth noting that diff-mode generally goes to a fair bit of trouble to be restrained in its presentation...] -Miles -- Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.