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 17:10:33 -0600 (CST) Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200302042310.RAA19342@eel.dms.auburn.edu> References: <3E26CE2100B182E5@mel-rta6.wanadoo.fr> <20030204183520.B776.LEKTU@terra.es> <5xof5rtz04.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1044400461 5635 80.91.224.249 (4 Feb 2003 23:14:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 23:14:21 +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 18gCGY-0001ST-00 for ; Wed, 05 Feb 2003 00:14:10 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18gCOq-000258-00 for ; Wed, 05 Feb 2003 00:22:44 +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 18gCHv-00021M-0A for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 04 Feb 2003 18:15:35 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18gCGb-0000aV-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Feb 2003 18:14:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18gCGI-0000Lq-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Feb 2003 18:13:55 -0500 Original-Received: from manatee.dms.auburn.edu ([131.204.53.104]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18gCCN-0006cu-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Feb 2003 18:09:51 -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 RAA28014; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 17:09:47 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by eel.dms.auburn.edu (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) id RAA19342; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 17:10:33 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: eel.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: storm@cua.dk In-reply-to: <5xof5rtz04.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> (storm@cua.dk) Original-cc: lektu@terra.es 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:11360 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:11360 Kim Storm wrote: Doesn't this approach have the risk that the space is accidentally replaced by a TAB? (Meant is ?\ ;) Yes if you leave multiple spaces there, but what if you leave only one? Also the risk is already there without the `;'. If you leave more trailing whitespace than needed, you run this risk, no matter what. (Unless I misunderstanding something.) Sincerely, Luc.