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bug#18296: 24.4.50; doc string of `whitespace-mode'
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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bug#18296: 24.4.50; doc string of `whitespace-mode' |
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Sat, 30 Apr 2016 15:27:17 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> 1. Please mention which faces are used for which kinds of highlighting.
Well, there's a lot of faces, and I think it's unusual for modes like
this to enumerate them. But perhaps a link to the customisation group
would be nice? Is there a syntax for that?
> 2. Wording:
>
> So, for example, if indentation and indentation::space are
> included in `whitespace-style' list, the indentation value is
> evaluated instead of indentation::space value.
>
> One reason for not visualize spaces via faces (if `face' is not
> included in `whitespace-style') is to use exclusively for
> cleaning up a buffer. See `whitespace-cleanup' and
> `whitespace-cleanup-region' for documentation.
>
> A minimal fix:
>
> For example, if `indentation' and `indentation::space' are included in
> `whitespace-style', the `indentation' value is used instead of the
> `indentation::space' value.
>
> One reason to not use faces to visualize spaces (i.e., not include
> `face' in `whitespace-style') is to use `whitespace-mode' only for
> cleaning up a buffer. See `whitespace-cleanup' and
> `whitespace-cleanup-region'.
Installed.
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