Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763350AbXF0WS0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:18:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757641AbXF0WST (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:18:19 -0400 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:12685 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756687AbXF0WSS (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:18:18 -0400 Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:18:17 +0200 (CEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Chris Shoemaker cc: Josh Triplett , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, josh@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] CodingStyle: Add information about trailing whitespace. In-Reply-To: <20070627180552.GA746@pe.Belkin> Message-ID: References: <1182967160.8970.108.camel@josh-work.beaverton.ibm.com> <20070627180552.GA746@pe.Belkin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 731 Lines: 23 On Jun 27 2007 14:05, Chris Shoemaker wrote: > >What I'd really like to see is, _why_ is trailing whitespace >considered harmful? Consumes bytes you'll never see :) >Something about MUAs not preserving it or something? Well, there is format=flowed. text/plain mails with a trailing blank at the end of line indicates the paragraph continues -- as a curtesy for mail readers with non-fixed-font to display the paragraph coherently rather than breaking it at 72/80 columns. Jan -- - 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/