Re: [AUCTeX] Trailing whitespace and RET

[David Kastrup]

Uwe Siart <address@hidden> writes:

> David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Can you come up with a single _actual_ example where the current
>> behavior causes a problem?  I mean, a given text file and a sequence
>> of keystrokes that does not lead to the desired result?
>
> Suppose you want to compose
>
> " cell 1 & "
> " cell 2 & "
> " cell 3 & "
> " cell 4 & "
>
> to be yanked in tables. The blanks after '&' are desired, for formatting
> reasons. But when you try to type this line-by-line, each RET removes
> the blank.
>
> But you're right. It would be sufficient to use just
>
> " cell 1 &"
> " cell 2 &"
> " cell 3 &"
> " cell 4 & "
>
> and the result would be the same. I'll proceed like that.

On an unrelated note: you know
M-x align-current RET
?

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