* Appropriate use of global-whitespace-mode and whitespace-mode @ 2024-11-27 12:58 Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 2024-11-27 13:12 ` tomas 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2024-11-27 12:58 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor What is the difference between global-whitespace-mode and whitespace-mode? In what circumstances does one use one versus the other? Sent with Proton Mail secure email. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: Appropriate use of global-whitespace-mode and whitespace-mode 2024-11-27 12:58 Appropriate use of global-whitespace-mode and whitespace-mode Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2024-11-27 13:12 ` tomas 2024-11-27 13:24 ` Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: tomas @ 2024-11-27 13:12 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Heime; +Cc: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 335 bytes --] On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 12:58:34PM +0000, Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor wrote: > What is the difference between global-whitespace-mode and whitespace-mode? > In what circumstances does one use one versus the other? Emacs documentation, "25.2 Minor Modes" says it better than I ever could. Cheers -- t [-- Attachment #2: signature.asc --] [-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 195 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: Appropriate use of global-whitespace-mode and whitespace-mode 2024-11-27 13:12 ` tomas @ 2024-11-27 13:24 ` Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 2024-11-27 13:27 ` tomas 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2024-11-27 13:24 UTC (permalink / raw) To: tomas; +Cc: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Thursday, November 28th, 2024 at 1:12 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 12:58:34PM +0000, Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor wrote: > > > What is the difference between global-whitespace-mode and whitespace-mode? > > In what circumstances does one use one versus the other? > > > Emacs documentation, "25.2 Minor Modes" says it better > than I ever could. I do not know which emacs documentation you are referring to. I cannot see mention of whitespace-mode and global-whitespace-mode. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: Appropriate use of global-whitespace-mode and whitespace-mode 2024-11-27 13:24 ` Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2024-11-27 13:27 ` tomas 2024-11-27 13:37 ` Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: tomas @ 2024-11-27 13:27 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Heime; +Cc: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 876 bytes --] On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 01:24:35PM +0000, Heime wrote: > > > > > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > > On Thursday, November 28th, 2024 at 1:12 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 12:58:34PM +0000, Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor wrote: > > > > > What is the difference between global-whitespace-mode and whitespace-mode? > > > In what circumstances does one use one versus the other? > > > > > > Emacs documentation, "25.2 Minor Modes" says it better > > than I ever could. > > I do not know which emacs documentation you are referring to. I cannot > see mention of whitespace-mode and global-whitespace-mode. No, but about local vs global minor modes, of which yours is a special case. Besides, C-h a whitespace-mode gives another good explanation. Cheers -- t [-- Attachment #2: signature.asc --] [-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 195 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: Appropriate use of global-whitespace-mode and whitespace-mode 2024-11-27 13:27 ` tomas @ 2024-11-27 13:37 ` Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 2024-11-27 13:42 ` tomas 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2024-11-27 13:37 UTC (permalink / raw) To: tomas; +Cc: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Thursday, November 28th, 2024 at 1:27 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 01:24:35PM +0000, Heime wrote: > > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > > > > On Thursday, November 28th, 2024 at 1:12 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de tomas@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 12:58:34PM +0000, Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor wrote: > > > > > > > What is the difference between global-whitespace-mode and whitespace-mode? > > > > In what circumstances does one use one versus the other? > > > > > > Emacs documentation, "25.2 Minor Modes" says it better > > > than I ever could. > > > > I do not know which emacs documentation you are referring to. I cannot > > see mention of whitespace-mode and global-whitespace-mode. > > > No, but about local vs global minor modes, of which yours is > a special case. > > Besides, C-h a whitespace-mode gives another good explanation. I have some code with global-whitespace-mode (setq whitespace-style '(face tabs tab-mark trailing lines-char)) Would this work for whitespace-mode? Or is whitespace-mode a completely different program? ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: Appropriate use of global-whitespace-mode and whitespace-mode 2024-11-27 13:37 ` Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2024-11-27 13:42 ` tomas 2024-11-27 14:28 ` Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: tomas @ 2024-11-27 13:42 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Heime; +Cc: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1551 bytes --] On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 01:37:36PM +0000, Heime wrote: > > > > > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > > On Thursday, November 28th, 2024 at 1:27 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 01:24:35PM +0000, Heime wrote: > > > > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > > > > > > On Thursday, November 28th, 2024 at 1:12 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de tomas@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 12:58:34PM +0000, Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor wrote: > > > > > > > > > What is the difference between global-whitespace-mode and whitespace-mode? > > > > > In what circumstances does one use one versus the other? > > > > > > > > Emacs documentation, "25.2 Minor Modes" says it better > > > > than I ever could. > > > > > > I do not know which emacs documentation you are referring to. I cannot > > > see mention of whitespace-mode and global-whitespace-mode. > > > > > > No, but about local vs global minor modes, of which yours is > > a special case. > > > > Besides, C-h a whitespace-mode gives another good explanation. > > I have some code with global-whitespace-mode > > (setq whitespace-style '(face tabs tab-mark trailing lines-char)) > > Would this work for whitespace-mode? Or is whitespace-mode a completely > different program? What does C-h f whitespace-mode say? And what C-h f global-whitespace-mode? What do you see if you follow the source link in the above doc for global-whitespace-mode? Cheers -- t [-- Attachment #2: signature.asc --] [-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 195 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: Appropriate use of global-whitespace-mode and whitespace-mode 2024-11-27 13:42 ` tomas @ 2024-11-27 14:28 ` Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 2024-11-27 14:29 ` tomas 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2024-11-27 14:28 UTC (permalink / raw) To: tomas; +Cc: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Thursday, November 28th, 2024 at 1:42 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 01:37:36PM +0000, Heime wrote: > > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > > > > On Thursday, November 28th, 2024 at 1:27 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de tomas@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 01:24:35PM +0000, Heime wrote: > > > > > > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > > > > > > > > On Thursday, November 28th, 2024 at 1:12 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de tomas@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 12:58:34PM +0000, Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > What is the difference between global-whitespace-mode and whitespace-mode? > > > > > > In what circumstances does one use one versus the other? > > > > > > > > > > Emacs documentation, "25.2 Minor Modes" says it better > > > > > than I ever could. > > > > > > > > I do not know which emacs documentation you are referring to. I cannot > > > > see mention of whitespace-mode and global-whitespace-mode. > > > > > > No, but about local vs global minor modes, of which yours is > > > a special case. > > > > > > Besides, C-h a whitespace-mode gives another good explanation. > > > > I have some code with global-whitespace-mode > > > > (setq whitespace-style '(face tabs tab-mark trailing lines-char)) > > > > Would this work for whitespace-mode? Or is whitespace-mode a completely > > different program? > > > What does C-h f whitespace-mode say? And what C-h f global-whitespace-mode? > What do you see if you follow the source link in the above doc for > global-whitespace-mode? They both refer to the same file, and following whitespace.el, I see global-whitespace-mode being defined. Answering my question. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: Appropriate use of global-whitespace-mode and whitespace-mode 2024-11-27 14:28 ` Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2024-11-27 14:29 ` tomas 0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: tomas @ 2024-11-27 14:29 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Heime; +Cc: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 236 bytes --] On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 02:28:22PM +0000, Heime wrote: [...] > They both refer to the same file, and following whitespace.el, I see > global-whitespace-mode being defined. Answering my question. Great :-) Cheers -- t [-- Attachment #2: signature.asc --] [-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 195 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
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