On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 01:24:35PM +0000, Heime wrote: > > > > > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > > On Thursday, November 28th, 2024 at 1:12 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 12:58:34PM +0000, Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor wrote: > > > > > What is the difference between global-whitespace-mode and whitespace-mode? > > > In what circumstances does one use one versus the other? > > > > > > Emacs documentation, "25.2 Minor Modes" says it better > > than I ever could. > > I do not know which emacs documentation you are referring to. I cannot > see mention of whitespace-mode and global-whitespace-mode. No, but about local vs global minor modes, of which yours is a special case. Besides, C-h a whitespace-mode gives another good explanation. Cheers -- t