GNU bug report logs - #56679
28.1; whitespace-style cannot be configured for diff-mode via hook

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
Cc: yet <at> ego.team, 56679 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#56679: 28.1; [PATCH] whitespace-style cannot be configured for diff-mode via hook
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2022 14:07:11 +0300

> From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
> Cc: YE <yet <at> ego.team>,  56679 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2022 04:38:18 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > Can we delay loading whitespace.el until the user actually wants to
> > turn on whitespace-mode, or until he/she customizes this option?
> > AFAIU, whitespace-mode is not turned on unconditionally by diff-mode,
> > so this 'require' is not needed for users who don't turn that minor
> > mode in Diff buffers.
> 
> Principally correct - but how do we do this correctly for the
> (get 'whitespace-style 'custom-type) :type definition?

What are the problems with this that require us to load whitespace.el
up front?

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