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: delete-trailing-whitespace and binary files Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 23:20:39 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1148700069 6783 80.91.229.2 (27 May 2006 03:21:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 03:21:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 27 05:21:06 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FjpMM-0000Zh-GA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 27 May 2006 05:21:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FjpML-0005ZC-LZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 26 May 2006 23:21:01 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FjpM8-0005YJ-D7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 26 May 2006 23:20:48 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FjpM6-0005XQ-LD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 26 May 2006 23:20:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FjpM6-0005XI-Dn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 26 May 2006 23:20:46 -0400 Original-Received: from [209.226.175.74] (helo=tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FjpR6-0006V5-99; Fri, 26 May 2006 23:25:56 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([70.55.141.245]) by tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20060527032043.YSFH16051.tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net@localhost>; Fri, 26 May 2006 23:20:43 -0400 Original-Received: by localhost (Postfix, from userid 20848) id C2EE18258; Fri, 26 May 2006 23:20:39 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) In-Reply-To: (Kim F. Storm's message of "Sat, 27 May 2006 00:31:49 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:55344 Archived-At: > text-mode is derived from Fundamental-mode, which has > a somewhat peculiar (IMO) interpretation of "whitespace": > C-@ .. SPC which means: whitespace > DEL .. =C3=BF which means: whitespace > =C2=A0 which means: whitespace > =E2=80=80 .. =E2=80=8B which means: whitespace > <> which means: whitespace This looks wrong. Why should all the control chars be considered whitespace in text-mode? Rather than try to use another major mode I think we should fix the above. Stefan