Re: whitespace-mode deactivated at end of line

[Emanuel Berg]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>>> The red background that highlights trailing whitespace
>> 
>> Also why isn't that removed automatically on save?
>
> Because it isn't any business of Emacs to second-guess the
> user's intentions. The user could, for example, be saving
> a partially written file, or have any other valid reason for
> keeping the trailing whitespace.

Sounds more like someone falling asleep with the head on the
keyboard ... which can be really dangerous BTW.

> If you do want this automatic cleanup to be performed
> unconditionally, customize the option whitespace-cleanup to
> do that.

Okay, yes, better than the semi-manual method of having
a function in a hook, however I don't have that?

  GNU Emacs 29.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+
  Version 3.24.24, cairo version 1.16.0) of 2022-05-28
  [commit 79ae40c8e4dac5898d68c92f26f625ac400b960c]

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