From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: ruler-mode.el fix following whitespace cleanup Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 12:10:55 -0600 (CST) Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200302041810.MAA18467@eel.dms.auburn.edu> References: <3E26CE2100B182E5@mel-rta6.wanadoo.fr> <20030204.183824.133909099.wl@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1044382267 2345 80.91.224.249 (4 Feb 2003 18:11:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 18:11:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18g7XA-0000ax-00 for ; Tue, 04 Feb 2003 19:11:00 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18g7fM-0007Sb-00 for ; Tue, 04 Feb 2003 19:19:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18g7YI-0004rs-00 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 04 Feb 2003 13:12:10 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18g7Xv-0004iJ-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Feb 2003 13:11:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18g7XC-0004JV-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Feb 2003 13:11:02 -0500 Original-Received: from manatee.dms.auburn.edu ([131.204.53.104]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18g7WO-00043P-00; Tue, 04 Feb 2003 13:10:12 -0500 Original-Received: from eel.dms.auburn.edu (eel.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.108]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id MAA26816; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 12:10:10 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by eel.dms.auburn.edu (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) id MAA18467; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 12:10:55 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: eel.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: wl@gnu.org In-reply-to: <20030204.183824.133909099.wl@gnu.org> (message from Werner LEMBERG on Tue, 04 Feb 2003 18:38:24 +0100 (CET)) Original-cc: David.Ponce@wanadoo.fr X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:11352 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:11352 Werner Lemberg wrote: > The following patch reintroduces the whitespace character needed after > ?\ , that recent whitespace cleanup removed. Is there any reason why this whitespace can't be protected with a trailing comment character? I strongly suggest to put that into the `Lisp Style Manual', if such a thing exists. Are we absolutely sure that trailing whitespace within a string is never meaningful? `;' has no special meaning within a string and M-x delete-trailing-whitespace, as well as C-j, delete trailing whitespace within strings, just like any other place. Sincerely, Luc.