Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1764220AbXF1GwR (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:52:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759486AbXF1GwF (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:52:05 -0400 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:19058 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759062AbXF1GwF (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:52:05 -0400 Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:52:04 +0200 (CEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: dave young cc: Josh Triplett , Chris Shoemaker , Josh Triplett , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] CodingStyle: Add information about trailing whitespace. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <1182967160.8970.108.camel@josh-work.beaverton.ibm.com> <20070627180552.GA746@pe.Belkin> <46835047.8080600@kernel.org> 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: 744 Lines: 22 On Jun 28 2007 06:29, dave young wrote: > > IMHO, another cause of trailing whitespace is human error, for > example long lines breaking will easy to cause the first line with one > traling whitespace (original space between the last two words). Most common errors (to me) are: - hit return+tab too quickly that it interchanges, hence producing the unwanted \t\n - hit return+return to start a new paragraph of code; the intermediate line remains indented if autoindent is on. 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/