Re: [PATCH 3/5] build: Add 'emacs-build-system'

[Federico Beffa]

Thanks for the review!

On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Alex Kost <address@hidden> wrote:
> Federico Beffa (2015-06-22 22:33 +0300) wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 7:59 PM, Alex Kost <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>> Well, these trailing spaces are artifacts of (inaccurate) coding.  Emacs
>>> can't read user's mind to decide if the spaces are redundant or
>>> intended.
>>
>> No need to read the mind... you just look if there are characters
>> other than white spaces (and possibly TABs) between newlines :-)
>>
>> But, my question was NOT: how can I see white spaces. Rather: is there
>> a Guix coding style "rule" which states that white spaces there are
>> undesired.
>>
>> I personally prefer to have them, because then, if I use M-up/down, I
>> move to the beginning/end of a whole top-level block, without stopping
>> at internal points and that's what I want most of the time.
>>
>> So, these spaces are not just coding artifacts, but have some use.
>
> Ouch, I didn't realize that you left the spaces intentionally, sorry.  I
> always thought that "avoiding trailing whitespaces" is a general
> convention everywhere.
>
> But I see your point now, that's a nice trick!
>
> For lisp/scheme code I use 'beginning-of-defun'/'end-of-defun' commands
> instead of 'backward-paragraph'/'forward-paragraph' (if that's what is
> bound to M-up/down for you).
>
> --
> Alex

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