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SubjectRe: [PATCH] CodingStyle: Add information about trailing whitespace.
Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> 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.

Interestingly, emacs gets that case right: when you hit enter it places the
cursor at the properly indented insertion point, but if you leave the line
without typing anything it does not leave the indentation. I thought I
remembered vim doing the same thing, but I just tested and it appears not. It
seems to avoid leaving subsequent lines indented, but not the first one.

- Josh Triplett

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