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From: Chris Wedgwood <cw@f00f.org>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] Re: trailing white space...
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 23:16:20 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-ia64-105590723706119@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-ia64-105590723706105@msgid-missing>

On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 11:23:51AM -0700, Wichmann, Mats D wrote:

> but in either case this just shows you
> the stuff, it doesn't remove it.

I think that's how it should be... removing it on existing files w/o
care is bad.

> If it's a persistent problem, a simple
> filter is easier to use.

For new files sure, for existing files I would rather people ensure
hunsk they edit and linees they edit contain no/few whitespace
changes.


> I find Python's rstrip string method useful for this, i.e. if you
> have a line of text in 'line',
> 
>     line = line.rstrip()
> 
> saves a new copy of the line with the
> trailing whitespace removed.

What's wrong with sed?


  --cw


      parent reply	other threads:[~2003-06-02 23:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-05-31  6:18 [Linux-ia64] Re: trailing white space David Mosberger
2003-05-31  6:41 ` Sam Ravnborg
2003-06-02 18:23 ` Wichmann, Mats D
2003-06-02 23:16 ` Chris Wedgwood [this message]

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