Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:20:24 +0000 | From | "Dave Young" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] CodingStyle: Add information about trailing whitespace. |
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>On 6/28/07, Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com> wrote: > >On 6/28/07, Li Yang-r58472 <LeoLi@freescale.com> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org > > > [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Josh Triplett > > > Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 2:59 PM > > > To: Jan Engelhardt > > > Cc: dave young; Chris Shoemaker; Josh Triplett; > > linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; > > > akpm@linux-foundation.org > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH] CodingStyle: Add information about trailing > > whitespace. > > > > > > Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > > > On Jun 28 2007 06:29, dave young wrote: > > > >> IMHO, another cause of trailing whitespace is human error, for > > > >> example long lines breaking will easy to cause the first line with > > one > > > >> traling whitespace (original space between the last two words). > > > > > > > > Most common errors (to me) are: > > > > > > > > - hit return+tab too quickly that it interchanges, hence producing > > > > the unwanted \t\n > > > > - hit return+return to start a new paragraph of code; > > > > the intermediate line remains indented if autoindent is on. > > > > > > Interestingly, emacs gets that case right: when you hit enter it > > places the > > > cursor at the properly indented insertion point, but if you leave the > > line > > > without typing anything it does not leave the indentation. I thought > > I > > > remembered vim doing the same thing, but I just tested and it appears > > not. It > > > seems to avoid leaving subsequent lines indented, but not the first > > one. > > > > No, vim works just fine here without leaving any indentation. Maybe the > > version of vim or the options matter. > > > Yes, vim autoindent doesn't leave tabs in blank line for me. > And for vim trailing space, there's a tip in vim.org: http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=878 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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