Appropriate use of global-whitespace-mode and whitespace-mode

Appropriate use of global-whitespace-mode and whitespace-mode

[Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor]

What is the difference between global-whitespace-mode and whitespace-mode?
In what circumstances does one use one versus the other?




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Re: Appropriate use of global-whitespace-mode and whitespace-mode

[tomas]

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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.

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Re: Appropriate use of global-whitespace-mode and whitespace-mode

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On Thursday, November 28th, 2024 at 1:12 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de <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.

Re: Appropriate use of global-whitespace-mode and whitespace-mode

[tomas]

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On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 01:24:35PM +0000, Heime wrote:
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> On Thursday, November 28th, 2024 at 1:12 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:
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> > 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.

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Re: Appropriate use of global-whitespace-mode and whitespace-mode

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On Thursday, November 28th, 2024 at 1:27 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 01:24:35PM +0000, Heime wrote:
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> > On Thursday, November 28th, 2024 at 1:12 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
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> > > 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.

I have some code with global-whitespace-mode  

(setq whitespace-style '(face tabs tab-mark trailing lines-char))

Would this work for whitespace-mode? Or is whitespace-mode a completely 
different program?

Re: Appropriate use of global-whitespace-mode and whitespace-mode

[tomas]

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On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 01:37:36PM +0000, Heime wrote:
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> On Thursday, November 28th, 2024 at 1:27 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:
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> > On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 01:24:35PM +0000, Heime wrote:
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> > > On Thursday, November 28th, 2024 at 1:12 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de 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.
> 
> I have some code with global-whitespace-mode  
> 
> (setq whitespace-style '(face tabs tab-mark trailing lines-char))
> 
> Would this work for whitespace-mode? Or is whitespace-mode a completely 
> different program?

What does C-h f whitespace-mode say? And what C-h f global-whitespace-mode?
What do you see if you follow the source link in the above doc for
global-whitespace-mode?

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Re: Appropriate use of global-whitespace-mode and whitespace-mode

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On Thursday, November 28th, 2024 at 1:42 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 01:37:36PM +0000, Heime wrote:
> 
> > Sent with Proton Mail secure email.
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> > On Thursday, November 28th, 2024 at 1:27 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > 
> > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 01:24:35PM +0000, Heime wrote:
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> > > > On Thursday, November 28th, 2024 at 1:12 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de 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.
> > 
> > I have some code with global-whitespace-mode
> > 
> > (setq whitespace-style '(face tabs tab-mark trailing lines-char))
> > 
> > Would this work for whitespace-mode? Or is whitespace-mode a completely
> > different program?
> 
> 
> What does C-h f whitespace-mode say? And what C-h f global-whitespace-mode?
> What do you see if you follow the source link in the above doc for
> global-whitespace-mode?

They both refer to the same file, and following whitespace.el, I see 
global-whitespace-mode being defined.  Answering my question.

Re: Appropriate use of global-whitespace-mode and whitespace-mode

[tomas]

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On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 02:28:22PM +0000, Heime wrote:

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> They both refer to the same file, and following whitespace.el, I see 
> global-whitespace-mode being defined.  Answering my question.

Great :-)

Cheers
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