From unknown Sat Aug 16 21:00:17 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#31713 <31713@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#31713 <31713@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: 26.1.50; Docstring for 'empty' whitespace-style is clearer than manual Reply-To: bug#31713 <31713@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 04:00:17 +0000 retitle 31713 26.1.50; Docstring for 'empty' whitespace-style is clearer th= an manual reassign 31713 emacs submitter 31713 "Basil L. 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Contovounesios" To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Subject: 26.1.50; Docstring for 'empty' whitespace-style is clearer than manual Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2018 17:55:51 +0100 Message-ID: <87h8mifq3s.fsf@tcd.ie> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -6.0 (------) Severity: minor The 'empty' whitespace-style option is described under "(emacs) Useless Whitespace" as follows: =E2=80=98empty=E2=80=99 Highlight empty lines. The docstring of whitespace-style, on the other hand, is a bit clearer w.r.t. which lines are considered empty: empty empty lines at beginning and/or end of buffer are visualized via faces. It has effect only if `face' (see above) is present in `whitespace-style'. I think the manual should also mention the BOB/EOB restriction. 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Contovounesios" To: 31713@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#31713: 26.1.50; Docstring for 'empty' whitespace-style is clearer than manual References: <87h8mifq3s.fsf@tcd.ie> Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2018 18:06:01 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87h8mifq3s.fsf@tcd.ie> (Basil L. Contovounesios's message of "Mon, 04 Jun 2018 17:55:51 +0100") Message-ID: <874liifpmu.fsf@tcd.ie> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-=-=" X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 31713 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain tags 31713 patch quit --=-=-= Content-Type: text/x-diff Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=0001-Improve-documentation-of-empty-whitespace-style.patch >From 07fd69686c1a8a810d1d4e5a6f09f0785bdfa931 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 17:39:40 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Improve documentation of 'empty' whitespace-style * doc/emacs/display.texi (Useless Whitespace): Clarify that the 'empty' whitespace-style option highlights empty lines only at BOB/EOB, as per the docstring of whitespace-style. (bug#31713) --- doc/emacs/display.texi | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/emacs/display.texi b/doc/emacs/display.texi index c60cf64914..2f5ce80d60 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/display.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/display.texi @@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ Useless Whitespace Highlight newlines. @item empty -Highlight empty lines. +Highlight empty lines at the beginning and/or end of the buffer. @item big-indent @vindex whitespace-big-indent-regexp -- 2.17.1 --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "Basil L. Contovounesios" writes: > The 'empty' whitespace-style option is described under > "(emacs) Useless Whitespace" as follows: > > =E2=80=98empty=E2=80=99 > Highlight empty lines. > > The docstring of whitespace-style, on the other hand, is a bit clearer > w.r.t. which lines are considered empty: > > empty empty lines at beginning and/or end of buffer > are visualized via faces. > It has effect only if `face' (see above) > is present in `whitespace-style'. > > I think the manual should also mention the BOB/EOB restriction. I attach a potential amendment. Thanks, --=20 Basil --=-=-=-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Jun 05 11:05:22 2018 Received: (at 31713-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Jun 2018 15:05:22 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35327 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fQDWT-0004CC-Ss for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jun 2018 11:05:22 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:34543) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fQDWS-0004Bz-32 for 31713-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jun 2018 11:05:20 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fQDWJ-0003AL-Qj for 31713-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jun 2018 11:05:14 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50 autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:45333) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fQDWJ-0003AB-MV; Tue, 05 Jun 2018 11:05:11 -0400 Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=3884 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1fQDWI-0007sb-7P; Tue, 05 Jun 2018 11:05:11 -0400 Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2018 18:05:21 +0300 Message-Id: <83vaax9sum.fsf@gnu.org> From: Eli Zaretskii To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" In-reply-to: <874liifpmu.fsf@tcd.ie> (contovob@tcd.ie) Subject: Re: bug#31713: 26.1.50; Docstring for 'empty' whitespace-style is clearer than manual References: <87h8mifq3s.fsf@tcd.ie> <874liifpmu.fsf@tcd.ie> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 31713-done Cc: 31713-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -6.0 (------) > From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" > Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2018 18:06:01 +0100 > > tags 31713 patch > quit > > > The 'empty' whitespace-style option is described under > > "(emacs) Useless Whitespace" as follows: > > > > ‘empty’ > > Highlight empty lines. > > > > The docstring of whitespace-style, on the other hand, is a bit clearer > > w.r.t. which lines are considered empty: > > > > empty empty lines at beginning and/or end of buffer > > are visualized via faces. > > It has effect only if `face' (see above) > > is present in `whitespace-style'. > > > > I think the manual should also mention the BOB/EOB restriction. > > I attach a potential amendment. Thanks, pushed. From unknown Sat Aug 16 21:00:17 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. 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