From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] delete-trailing-whitespace on active region
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:10:56 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvoc6js4me.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pqqza86f.fsf@gnu.org> ("Johan Bockgård"'s message of "Thu, 10 Feb 2011 22:31:04 +0100")
>> + (while (re-search-forward "\\s-$" end t)
>> + (skip-syntax-backward "-" (save-excursion (forward-line 0) (point)))
>> + ;; Don't delete formfeeds, even if they are considered whitespace.
>> + (save-match-data
>> + (if (looking-at ".*\f")
>> + (goto-char (match-end 0))))
>> + (delete-region (point) (match-end 0))))))
> You can't use the value of `end' to limit the search like that, since
> the deletion changes the size of the region. (Use narrowing or a
> marker.)
Good point, thanks. ...or do it from the end.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-02-11 2:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-02-09 18:28 [PATCH] delete-trailing-whitespace on active region Deniz Dogan
2011-02-10 2:35 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-02-10 15:31 ` Deniz Dogan
2011-02-10 19:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-02-10 21:31 ` Johan Bockgård
2011-02-11 2:10 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2011-02-11 6:33 ` Deniz Dogan
2011-02-11 14:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-02-11 18:27 ` Deniz Dogan
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