Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:18:17 +0200 (CEST) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] CodingStyle: Add information about trailing whitespace. |
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On Jun 27 2007 14:05, Chris Shoemaker wrote: > >What I'd really like to see is, _why_ is trailing whitespace >considered harmful?
Consumes bytes you'll never see :)
>Something about MUAs not preserving it or something?
Well, there is format=flowed. text/plain mails with a trailing blank at the end of line indicates the paragraph continues -- as a curtesy for mail readers with non-fixed-font to display the paragraph coherently rather than breaking it at 72/80 columns.
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