need a blank at end of line in makefile

need a blank at end of line in makefile

[Dan Jacobson]

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 \ <---here
upon saving the file, if this line is the last one in the Makefile.
Yeah, your going to say "just use tr -d ' '".
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Re: need a blank at end of line in makefile

[Dan Jacobson]

>>>>> "jpw" == John Paul Wallington <jpw@shootybangbang.com> writes:

jpw> Dan Jacobson <jidanni@dman.ddts.net> 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.
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Re: need a blank at end of line in makefile

[John Paul Wallington]

> 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.

Probably.  I don't use Makefile mode enough to judge.

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John Paul Wallington