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authorLars Ingebrigtsen2016-04-30 15:27:09 +0200
committerLars Ingebrigtsen2016-05-01 19:27:11 +0200
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Clarify whitespace-style doc string
* lisp/whitespace.el (whitespace-style): Doc clarification (bug#18296). (cherry picked from commit d96c720d0cca7c9ffbb4c712ad315bb707d6625c)
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@@ -528,14 +528,14 @@ these values is:
528 2. space-before-tab::tab 528 2. space-before-tab::tab
529 3. space-before-tab::space 529 3. space-before-tab::space
530 530
531So, for example, if indentation and indentation::space are 531For example, if `indentation' and `indentation::space' are
532included in `whitespace-style' list, the indentation value is 532included in `whitespace-style', the `indentation' value is used
533evaluated instead of indentation::space value. 533instead of the `indentation::space' value.
534 534
535One reason for not visualize spaces via faces (if `face' is not 535One reason to not use faces to visualize spaces (i.e., not
536included in `whitespace-style') is to use exclusively for 536include `face' in `whitespace-style') is to use `whitespace-mode'
537cleaning up a buffer. See `whitespace-cleanup' and 537only for cleaning up a buffer. See `whitespace-cleanup' and
538`whitespace-cleanup-region' for documentation. 538`whitespace-cleanup-region'.
539 539
540See also `whitespace-display-mappings' for documentation." 540See also `whitespace-display-mappings' for documentation."
541 :type '(set :tag "Kind of Blank" 541 :type '(set :tag "Kind of Blank"