| Re: On Edit GNU Emacs 22.2.1 Eats My Blank Characters At The End Of Lines |
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Group: gnu.emacs.help · Group Profile
Author: Chris GiroirChris Giroir Date: Sep 10, 2008 16:25
On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 5:21 PM, David Kastrup gnu.org> wrote:> ChristopherL aol.com> writes:
>>> Hello,
>>
>> When I overwrite a character in a file containing blank characters
>> at the end my lines, Emacs takes them away on save! What can I do to
>> prevent the loss of the blank characters?
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> Disable whatever stuff you put into your .emacs file in order to get
> this behavior.
>
When I started my recent job this hit me when my cvs diffs were huge.
For me it was a ruby-on-rails help package that did it. Took me
forever to find it, but it's gone now!
> It is a good rule never to put anything into .emacs that you have not
> understood, regardless what figure of authority suggested that it would
> be a good idea to have.
Definitely good advice!
Chris G
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