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Why is ‘show-trailing-whitespace’ considered unsafe?

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From: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org (Emacs bug Tracking System)
To: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
Subject: bug#5312 closed by Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> (Re: bug#5312: Why
 is ‘show-trailing-whitespace’ considered
 unsafe?)
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:16:01 +0000

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#5312: Why is ‘show-trailing-whitespace’ considered unsafe?

It has been closed by Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 5312-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5312: Why is ‘show-trailing-whitespace’ considered unsafe?
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:15:33 -0500

  * frame.el (show-trailing-whitespace): Safe if boolean.

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: bug-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Why is ‘show-trailing-whitespace’
	considered unsafe?
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:11:29 +0100

Hello, and best wishes,

Why is ‘show-trailing-whitespace’ considered unsafe?

I find it inconvenient since adding it to a per-file or per-directory
local variable list will (by default) ask users whether they want to
apply the dreaded setting.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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