Re: [PATCH v4] Remove whitespaces and tabs

[Frédéric Delanoy]

On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Andrey Gusev  wrote:
> Supersedes 115416

As a general rule, pure whitespace patches are not accepted. No point
sending them over and over.

Frédéric Delanoy

[PATCH v4] Remove whitespaces and tabs

[Nikolay Sivov]

On 18.10.2015 16:52, Frédéric Delanoy wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Andrey Gusev  wrote:
> > Supersedes 115416
>
> As a general rule, pure whitespace patches are not accepted. No point
> sending them over and over.

Also some people are using double spaces intentionally, like here:

---
-$as_me: Finished.  Do '${ac_make}' to compile Wine.
+$as_me: Finished. Do '${ac_make}' to compile Wine.
---

though I have no explanation why.
> Frédéric Delanoy

[PATCH v4] Remove whitespaces and tabs

[Henri Verbeet]

The D3D changes seem fine to me, if perhaps not terribly important.
I'd probably replace the \t's with four spaces.

On 19 October 2015 at 10:12, Nikolay Sivov  wrote:
> Also some people are using double spaces intentionally, like here:
>
> -$as_me: Finished.  Do '${ac_make}' to compile Wine.
> +$as_me: Finished. Do '${ac_make}' to compile Wine.
>
> though I have no explanation why.

It seems to be some US thing for people using typewriters. IMO it has
no place on a computer where there are much better typesetting
solutions.

[PATCH v4] Remove whitespaces and tabs

[Austin English]

On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 4:17 AM, Henri Verbeet  wrote:
> The D3D changes seem fine to me, if perhaps not terribly important.
> I'd probably replace the \t's with four spaces.
>
> On 19 October 2015 at 10:12, Nikolay Sivov  wrote:
> > Also some people are using double spaces intentionally, like here:
> >
> > -$as_me: Finished.  Do '${ac_make}' to compile Wine.
> > +$as_me: Finished. Do '${ac_make}' to compile Wine.
> >
> > though I have no explanation why.
>
> It seems to be some US thing for people using typewriters. IMO it has
> no place on a computer where there are much better typesetting
> solutions.

I recall hearing this rule in school from some older teachers (use two
spaces when starting a new sentence). However, at most some teachers
would do it in things that they typed, but it was never a requirement
for students, and it is not a common practice in my experience..

[PATCH v4] Remove whitespaces and tabs

[Rosanne DiMesio]

On Mon, 19 Oct 2015 04:35:07 -0500
Austin English  wrote:
> I recall hearing this rule in school from some older teachers (use two
> spaces when starting a new sentence). However, at most some teachers
> would do it in things that they typed, but it was never a requirement
> for students, and it is not a common practice in my experience..

I'm old enough to remember it. It goes back to the days of typewriters using monospaced fonts; the purpose was to improve readability by making the breaks between sentences clearer. It died with the advent of personal computers, but a surprising number of people still think it is the rule.