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Re: show whitespace problems by default in diff-mode
From: |
Miles Bader |
Subject: |
Re: show whitespace problems by default in diff-mode |
Date: |
Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:38:24 +0900 |
Dan Nicolaescu <address@hidden> writes:
> Why not turn on whitespace-mode by default in diff-mode? It makes
> spotting whitespace problems very easy, and will make it also easy to
> fix.
I guess, it's the same as with normal files: some people are very
concerned with whitespace problems, but many do not care; for the
latter, whitespace indication would simply be annoying noise.
It's good if it's _easy_ to turn on, but it seems far less obvious that
it should be turned on by default.
[I know many in the git community seem quite obsessed with catching
whitespace problems in patches etc, but I've found git's various
whitespace-detecting frobs etc simply annoying (I don't know if it's
still turned on by default, but I had to actively disable it).]
-Miles
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Fast, small, soon; pick any 2.
- show whitespace problems by default in diff-mode, Dan Nicolaescu, 2009/07/16
- Re: show whitespace problems by default in diff-mode,
Miles Bader <=
- Re: show whitespace problems by default in diff-mode, Dan Nicolaescu, 2009/07/16
- Re: show whitespace problems by default in diff-mode, Miles Bader, 2009/07/16
- Re: show whitespace problems by default in diff-mode, Óscar Fuentes, 2009/07/16
- Re: show whitespace problems by default in diff-mode, Miles Bader, 2009/07/16
- Re: show whitespace problems by default in diff-mode, Dan Nicolaescu, 2009/07/16
- Re: show whitespace problems by default in diff-mode, Óscar Fuentes, 2009/07/17
- Re: show whitespace problems by default in diff-mode, Miles Bader, 2009/07/17
- Re: show whitespace problems by default in diff-mode, Dan Nicolaescu, 2009/07/17
- Re: show whitespace problems by default in diff-mode, Miles Bader, 2009/07/17
Re: show whitespace problems by default in diff-mode, Óscar Fuentes, 2009/07/16