GNU bug report logs - #5312
Why is ‘show-trailing-whitespace’ considered unsafe?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)

Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 14:09:07 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s)
Cc: ?=@iro.umontreal.ca, 5312 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#5312: Why is ‘show-trailing-whitespace’ considered unsafe?
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:56:38 -0500

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

Because all vars are unsafe by default (i.e. unless someone tells Emacs
explicitly that this var is safe).

> 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.

Arguably this var is more a personal user preference than a property of
a file, so maybe the lack of a `safe-local-variable' property is
actually a feature ;-0


        Stefan
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