Subject: Re: bug#11333: Whitespace mode says it's enabled, when it's really not

From: Chong Yidong <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:02:38 +0800

Kelly Dean <[email-masked]> writes:

> Put in your init file just (global-whitespace-mode 1). Start Emacs.
> Switch to the scratch buffer. The modeline says "Lisp Interaction
> WS". Type some whitespace which whitespace mode would
> highlight. Notice that it isn't highlighted.

Thanks for the bug report.  I can reproduce it in Emacs 23.4, but it
appears to be fixed already in the emacs-24 branch, so the fix will be
in the upcoming Emacs 24.1.