GNU bug report logs - #11879
24.1.50; delete-trailing-whitespace now removes empty lines at end of file

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Matt Arsenault <arsenm2 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2012 16:24:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.1.50

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, Matt Arsenault <arsenm2 <at> gmail.com>, 11879 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11879: 24.1.50; delete-trailing-whitespace now removes empty lines at end of file
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 01:06:00 +0200

On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 12:31 AM, Stefan Monnier
<monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:

> And, while there is a change, I haven't yet seen a clear argument that
> this change is a problem.

I don't think it's a matter of argument, just taste. I dislike
delete-trailing-whitespace removing lines. I have a checkout of Emacs
with a lot of changed files, and editing some of them creates spurious
differences. Hardly a catastrophe, more of a nuisance.

    Juanma
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