From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: diff-mode misinterprets empty lines. Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:39:25 -0500 Message-ID: References: <85ir3l767y.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87ir3d1tn7.fsf@penguin.cs.ucla.edu> <878x494f9w.fsf@rho.meyering.net> <857ijtwgpw.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87k5nt2xga.fsf@rho.meyering.net> <854pexur0g.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87hcix827c.fsf@penguin.cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1196955590 9110 80.91.229.12 (6 Dec 2007 15:39:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 15:39:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Paul Eggert , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Juanma Barranquero" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 06 16:39:59 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1J0IpP-0002xJ-6I for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:39:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J0Ip8-0004NH-A5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:39:38 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J0Ip4-0004Mz-Uv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:39:34 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J0Ip3-0004Mj-Bg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:39:34 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J0Ip3-0004Mf-3q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:39:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mercure.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.24.67]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J0Ip2-0003rQ-Sq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:39:33 -0500 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DA962CF2F1; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 10:39:32 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (faina.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.26.177]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id B14DC3FE0; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 10:39:25 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 8D1686CAB3; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 10:39:25 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Juanma Barranquero's message of "Wed, 5 Dec 2007 22:04:01 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-2.82, requis 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -2.82) X-DIRO-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:84795 Archived-At: > Again, I agree with David: I've installed quite a few patches, and > I've never reported back problems with them if I could trivially fix > them. Lack of complains is not a positive proof. Also Emacs's diff-mdoe already has code to try and fix missing trailing whitespace (as well as a few other common problems introduced by brain dead mailers). This support was good enough when only occasional broken patches had those problems. Stefan