GNU bug report logs - #8589
23.3.50; Cannot modify whitespace-mode usefully per-file without switching off global-whitespace-mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>

Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:41:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Merged with 8590

Found in version 23.3.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
To: 8589 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8589: 23.3.50; Cannot modify whitespace-mode usefully per-file without switching off global-whitespace-mode
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:39:51 +0100

On 29 April 2011 21:21, Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org> wrote:
> I use global-whitespace-mode, but sometimes it’s not convenient. It
> would be nice to switch it off e.g. in directory-local or file-local
> variables, but setting whitespace-mode: nil there doesn’t work as
> global-whitespace-mode is still active.

Sorry, it looks like I made a mistake here, as switching off
whitespace-mode in an individual buffer without switching off
global-whitespace-mode does indeed seem to work.

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