address@hidden: insert-tab should optionally ignore whitespace only lines]

[Richard Stallman]

This would not be a good idea--please don't do it.

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Subject: insert-tab should optionally ignore whitespace only lines
From: address@hidden (David N. Welton)
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Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 16:24:03 +0100 (CET)


In GNU Emacs 21.1.1 (powerpc-debian-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2001-12-08 on voltaire, modified by Debian
configured using `configure  powerpc-debian-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr 
--sharedstatedir=/var/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --localstatedir=/var/lib 
--infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-pop=yes --with-x=yes 
--with-x-toolkit=athena --without-gif'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: C
  locale-coding-system: nil
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: nil

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

insert-tab ought to check to see if the current line is whitespace
only, and if so, not insert any space.  This leads to trailing white
spaces.  Don't have time to create a patch.

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