From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marco Baringer Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs 20 Antinews - unclear entry Date: 26 Jun 2002 08:28:09 +0200 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <20020626014953.GA1153@xyz> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1025073230 10759 127.0.0.1 (26 Jun 2002 06:33:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 06:33:50 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17N6NB-0002nQ-00 for ; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 08:33:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17N6MV-0007kf-00; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 02:33:07 -0400 Original-Received: from delysid.gnu.org ([158.121.106.20]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17N6Kt-0007dt-00; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 02:31:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-2.tiscalinet.it ([195.130.225.148] helo=mail.tiscalinet.it) by delysid.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #2) id 17N6Kp-0000Eu-00 for ; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 02:31:23 -0400 Original-Received: from bese.it (62.10.96.230) by mail.tiscalinet.it (5.5.057) id 3CAC046902CBF347 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 08:27:49 +0200 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <20020626014953.GA1153@xyz> Original-Lines: 31 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1.30 Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:528 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:528 Paul Stoeber writes: > One entry of Emacs 20 Antinews (distributed with Emacs 21): > > - The variable `show-trailing-whitespace' has no special > meaning, so trailing whitespace on a line is now always > displayed correctly: as empty space. To see if a line ends > with spaces or tabs, type `C-e' on that line. Likewise, > empty lines at the end of the buffer are not marked in any > way; use `M->' to see where the end of the buffer is. > > I don't grasp the sentence with "`M->'". When I go to > `*scratch*', set `show-trailing-whitespace' to `t', and > add some empty lines at the bottom of the buffer, I still > have to type `M->' too see the end of buffer. Perhaps my > terminal can't show the face used to highlight the trailing > empty lines. The docstring of `show-trailing-whitespace' > mentions only one face, `trailing-whitespace', which my > terminal _does_ display. What am I missing? i think it refers to the gray bar on the far left of a frame. there are small white square on the left starting at the end of the buffer text. -- -Marco Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget the perfect offering. There's a crack in everything. It's how the light gets in. -Isonard Cohen