From unknown Thu Aug 14 21:23:00 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#7208 <7208@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#7208 <7208@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: 23.2; global-whitespace-mode does not survive in buffers changing major mode Reply-To: bug#7208 <7208@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 04:23:00 +0000 retitle 7208 23.2; global-whitespace-mode does not survive in buffers chang= ing major mode reassign 7208 emacs submitter 7208 Anders Kaseorg severity 7208 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Oct 13 15:40:58 2010 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Oct 2010 19:40:58 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P67C5-0006ES-1f for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:40:58 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P66kf-00062r-Hq for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:12:38 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P66o2-0001b3-PE for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:16:08 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]:60759) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P66o2-0001ay-Ka for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:16:06 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=36792 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P66o1-0003dD-4u for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:16:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P66nz-0001a1-Jx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:16:04 -0400 Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-4.mit.edu ([18.9.25.15]:49814) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P66nz-0001Zc-Gv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:16:03 -0400 X-AuditID: 1209190f-b7c1dae000000a2b-db-4cb605753458 Received: from mailhub-auth-3.mit.edu ( [18.9.21.43]) by dmz-mailsec-scanner-4.mit.edu (Symantec Brightmail Gateway) with SMTP id 40.C9.02603.57506BC4; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:16:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (OUTGOING-AUTH.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.103]) by mailhub-auth-3.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id o9DJG2G8018795 for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:16:02 -0400 Received: from localhost (c-71-192-162-193.hsd1.nh.comcast.net [71.192.162.193]) (authenticated bits=0) (User authenticated as andersk@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id o9DJFxuw020866 for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:16:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Anders Kaseorg To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Subject: 23.2; global-whitespace-mode does not survive in buffers changing major mode Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:15:57 -0400 Message-ID: <87aamh52fm.fsf@balanced-tree.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAhZVpPgWVllQ X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-Spam-Score: -6.0 (------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:40:56 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.0 (------) When global-whitespace-mode is enabled, all existing and new buffers get whitespace highlighting, but the highlighting goes away in any buffer whose major mode is later changed. You can see this, for example, with SPC SPC M-x global-whitespace-mode M-x c-mode I think the fix is to define global-whitespace-mode with define-globalized-minor-mode, instead of trying to simulate it with find-file-hook. In GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.21.6) of 2010-09-01 on americium, modified by Debian Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10900000 configured using `configure '--build' 'x86_64-linux-gnu' '--build' 'x86_64-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/lib' '--localstatedir=/var/lib' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-pop=yes' '--enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs23:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/23.2/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/23.2/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/23.2/leim' '--with-x=yes' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' '--with-toolkit-scroll-bars' 'build_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-DDEBIAN -g -O2' 'LDFLAGS=-g' 'CPPFLAGS='' Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: en_US.utf8 value of $XMODIFIERS: nil locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix default enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: C/l Minor modes in effect: global-whitespace-mode: t tooltip-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t abbrev-mode: t Recent input: SPC SPC M-x g l o b a l - w h i t e s p a c e - m o d e M-x c - m o d e M-x r e p o r t - e m a c s - b u g Recent messages: For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. 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6 Oct 2011 23:58:58 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RBxq5-0007hD-CN for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:58:57 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RBxq3-0007h6-RA for 7208-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:58:56 -0400 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RBxpr-0005FS-FP; Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:58:43 -0400 From: Glenn Morris To: 7208-done@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#7208: 23.2; global-whitespace-mode does not survive in buffers changing major mode References: <87aamh52fm.fsf@balanced-tree.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> X-Spook: lock picking Montenegro War on Terrorism Consul argus X-Ran: 8^tvc!>DKxG_|>e/fk36H}(r3'Et<)R!%uO.C^P}?=j'F)G2uc4>}"O2&S`vj!*^;E5&aa X-Hue: black X-Attribution: GM Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:58:43 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87aamh52fm.fsf@balanced-tree.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> (Anders Kaseorg's message of "Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:15:57 -0400") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; 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I see this in Emacs 23.3, but not the current trunk, so it looks like this has been fixed. From unknown Thu Aug 14 21:23:00 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:24:02 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator