This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report which was filed against the emacs package: #5312: Why is ‘show-trailing-whitespace’ considered unsafe? It has been closed by Glenn Morris . Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate message then please contact Glenn Morris by replying to this email. -- 5312: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=5312 Emacs Bug Tracking System Contact bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org with problems