From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: epsmjd@ams.org (Michael J Downes) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: trailing whitespace visible on some buffers Date: 16 Sep 2002 10:39:51 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <25180b3c.0209160939.514b8c6c@posting.google.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1032198662 7311 127.0.0.1 (16 Sep 2002 17:51:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 17:51:02 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17r01U-0001tP-00 for ; Mon, 16 Sep 2002 19:51:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17r01k-0002vA-00; Mon, 16 Sep 2002 13:51:16 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!nntp.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 13 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 130.44.210.14 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1032197991 19732 127.0.0.1 (16 Sep 2002 17:39:51 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 16 Sep 2002 17:39:51 GMT Original-Xref: nntp.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:104950 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:1505 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:1505 "Luis O. Silva" wrote: > This is an elementary question, but I haven't found the > solution of my problem. > > I want to set the buffer-local variable > `show-trailing-whitespace' to `t' for all buffers except > for *info*, *diary*, *calendar*, and *mail presentation*. Did you consider writing a bug report to suggest that the superfluous whitespace should be removed from all the info files that come in the Emacs distribution (which would make a significant improvement, at least)? I see it too but I did not [yet] manage to write a bug report about it.