From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Robert Thorpe Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: removing white space highlight Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 00:33:11 +0000 Message-ID: <87io1g8dvc.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> References: <87a8muq95m.fsf@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1456187627 28479 80.91.229.3 (23 Feb 2016 00:33:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 00:33:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Emanuel Berg Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 23 01:33:36 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aY0v1-0008Ea-DH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 23 Feb 2016 01:33:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52845 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aY0v0-00005w-Os for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2016 19:33:34 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35437) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aY0ur-00005Y-8R for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2016 19:33:25 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aY0uo-0000AR-0u for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2016 19:33:25 -0500 Original-Received: from outbound-smtp08.blacknight.com ([46.22.139.13]:44829) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aY0un-00009O-RR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2016 19:33:21 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.blacknight.com (pemlinmail05.blacknight.ie [81.17.254.26]) by outbound-smtp08.blacknight.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3C5601C1924 for ; Tue, 23 Feb 2016 00:33:12 +0000 (GMT) Original-Received: (qmail 11937 invoked from network); 23 Feb 2016 00:33:12 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO RTLaptop) (rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com@[109.77.41.16]) by 81.17.254.9 with ESMTPSA (DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA encrypted, authenticated); 23 Feb 2016 00:33:12 -0000 In-Reply-To: <87a8muq95m.fsf@debian.uxu> (message from Emanuel Berg on Sun, 21 Feb 2016 18:13:09 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 46.22.139.13 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:109258 Archived-At: Emanuel Berg writes: >> agree that it's an issue. [...] >> agree on a strategy [...] >> agree on some time frame [...] > > *yawn* > > Wake me up when it is time to start working! > >> Otherwise *do nothing*. > > Not likely. If I were running a team and you were on it, I have a feeling you'd get chucked off it rather quickly. I the problem is worse than Tomas mentions. What about past programmers? How do we get those to behave themselves regarding whitespace? Sadly it's impossible. BR, Robert Thorpe