From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Jacobson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: need a blank at end of line in makefile Date: 16 Oct 2002 05:09:08 +0800 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <874rbn76kr.fsf@jidanni.org> References: <87adlgb4c4.fsf@jidanni.org> <87ptubr1bs.fsf@bundalo.shootybangbang.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1034723366 4565 80.91.224.249 (15 Oct 2002 23:09:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 23:09:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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 181aoU-0001Ab-00 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 01:09:22 +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 181aou-0003HE-00; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 19:09:48 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 181ao9-0001jb-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 19:09:01 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 181ao7-0001fi-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 19:09:00 -0400 Original-Received: from msr30.hinet.net ([168.95.4.130] helo=msr.hinet.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 181ao6-0001as-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Oct 2002 19:08:58 -0400 Original-Received: from debian (61-227-44-96.HINET-IP.hinet.net [61.227.44.96]) by msr.hinet.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA01592; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 07:08:51 +0800 (CST) Original-Received: from jidanni by debian with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 181Yw9-0000Yh-00; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 05:09:09 +0800 Original-To: John Paul Wallington In-Reply-To: <87ptubr1bs.fsf@bundalo.shootybangbang.com> Original-Lines: 28 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:3701 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:3701 >>>>> "jpw" == John Paul Wallington writes: jpw> Dan Jacobson wrote: >> Gentlemen, your crudely constructed Makefile mode is apparently >> thinking it is smarter than me and removing the blank I want to put >> echo aaa bbb|tr -d \ <---h jpw> When in Makefile mode do C-h m. It says: jpw> blah blah blah ... jpw> `makefile-cleanup-continuations': jpw> If this variable is set to a non-nil value then Makefile mode jpw> will assure that no line in the file ends with a backslash jpw> (the continuation character) followed by any whitespace. jpw> This is done by silently removing the trailing whitespace, leaving jpw> the backslash itself intact. jpw> IMPORTANT: Please note that enabling this option causes Makefile mode jpw> to MODIFY A FILE WITHOUT YOUR CONFIRMATION when "it seems jpw> necessary". jpw> Set it to nil. HTH. OK, but isn't it non-nifty that the Important Capital Letters stuff is on by default, unlike something one need consider carefully before choosing. Whereas other not so loud lines in the file are left nil. -- http://jidanni.org/ Taiwan(04)25854780