Thanks for the reply. What meaning could possibly be assigned to trailing whitespace? What > purpose could trailing whitespace have?
The trailing white space serves a very specific purpose for me. I'm not writing computer code, I'm writing documents. After running my script, I have to manually go in and add back the blank lines between sections (paragraphs, etc.) > Wouldn't there be a > better way of signifying whatever is intended than trailing > whitespace you can't visually detect? > The whitespace is clearly visible by its absence after it's been stripped out. Perhaps for coding, that's desirable (don't know as I don't code much), for documents, I need white space between paragraphs and sections, especially how I'm using it, needing visual separation for easier reading while giving a presentation. > Apropos to nothing but a strong opinion I have, what's worse than > trailing whitespace is the mixing of spaces and tabs. Because > there's no visual way to tell the difference, and the games Vim > and other editors play in converting between the two, mixing spaces and > tabs is a horror movie just waiting to happen. > I agree with this and don't use tabs, just spaces. Rob... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/eb666ced-e825-4787-98b4-10a6535d0d13n%40googlegroups.com.
