At 10:47 AM 6/13/99 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
>On 06/13/1999 (13:27:37), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> At 11:14 AM 6/7/99 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
>> > Having to
>> > go through and manually remove all these spaces, even in vi, is
>> > a tedious process and should not have to be done at all.
>>
>> I won't address mutt/slang here, but removing all trailing blanks
>> in vi is hardly tedious:
>> :%s/ *$//
>>
>> If that's too much, you can map it to a single key, for example K:
>> setenv EXINIT=':map K :%s/ *$//^M'
>> (you need to put a "real" control-m in there).
>
> You obviously did not read the thread.
You obviously cannot tell whether I read it or not. I decided not
to address the parts already addressed or which my addressing
would be pointless in light of my limited knowledge of slang
and no environment comparable to yours to play with it in.
> This is not about trailing blanks in input lines or entered
> text. This is about DISPLAYED lines via ncurses/slang. It
> has nothing to do with vi, nor keymaps, nor anything related
> to the sort.
You are the one who brought up the prospect of removing trailing
spaces in vi and called it "tedious." See above. (Your context was
cutting and pasting the DISPLAYED lines.)
> I still have yet to receive two things:
>
> * An answer to why if this problem has been around for
> such a long time (and has been discussed before), that why
> a solution hasn't been provided.
I believe it hasn't been provided here because it's been pointed
out to be a slang problem.
> * An actual solution to the problem.
I believe it was suggested that a slang upgrade is available,
complete with URL. http://www.s-lang.org in case you didn't get
that post by rfi from Rich Roth. I don't know whether that upgrade
is the solution to this problem or not.
Cheers,
Stan
