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1 ;;; whitespace.el --- Warn about and clean bogus whitespaces in the file.
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1999-2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Author: Rajesh Vaidheeswarran <rv@gnu.org>
6 ;; Keywords: convenience
8 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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25 ;;; Commentary:
27 ;; Whitespace.el URL: http://www.dsmit.com/lisp/
29 ;; Exported functions:
31 ;; `whitespace-buffer' - To check the current buffer for whitespace problems.
32 ;; `whitespace-cleanup' - To cleanup all whitespaces in the current buffer.
33 ;; `whitespace-region' - To check between point and mark for whitespace
34 ;; problems.
35 ;; `whitespace-cleanup-region' - To cleanup all whitespaces between point
36 ;; and mark in the current buffer.
37 ;; `whitespace-describe' - A simple introduction to the library.
39 ;;; Code:
41 (defvar whitespace-version "2.8" "Version of the whitespace library.")
43 (defvar whitespace-all-buffer-files nil
44 "An associated list of buffers and files checked for whitespace cleanliness.
46 This is to enable periodic checking of whitespace cleanliness in the files
47 visited by the buffers.")
49 (defvar whitespace-rescan-timer nil
50 "Timer object used to rescan the files in buffers that have been modified.")
52 ;; Tell Emacs about this new kind of minor mode
53 (defvar whitespace-mode nil
54 "Non-nil when Whitespace mode (a minor mode) is enabled.")
55 (make-variable-buffer-local 'whitespace-mode)
56 (put 'whitespace-mode 'permanent-local nil)
58 (defvar whitespace-mode-line nil
59 "String to display in the mode line for Whitespace mode.")
60 (make-variable-buffer-local 'whitespace-mode-line)
61 (put 'whitespace-mode-line 'permanent-local nil)
63 ;; For flavors of Emacs which don't define `defgroup' and `defcustom'.
64 (eval-when-compile
65 (if (not (fboundp 'defgroup))
66 (defmacro defgroup (sym memb doc &rest args)
67 "Null macro for defgroup in all versions of Emacs that don't define
68 defgroup"
69 t))
70 (if (not (fboundp 'defcustom))
71 (defmacro defcustom (sym val doc &rest args)
72 "Macro to alias defcustom to defvar in all versions of Emacs that
73 don't define defcustom"
74 `(defvar ,sym ,val ,doc))))
76 (if (featurep 'xemacs)
77 (defgroup whitespace nil
78 "Check for and fix five different types of whitespaces in source code."
79 ;; Since XEmacs doesn't have a 'convenience group, use the next best group
80 ;; which is 'editing?
81 :group 'editing)
82 (defgroup whitespace nil
83 "Check for and fix five different types of whitespaces in source code."
84 :version "21.1"
85 :group 'convenience))
87 (defcustom whitespace-check-leading-whitespace t
88 "Flag to check leading whitespace."
89 :type 'boolean
90 :group 'whitespace)
92 (defcustom whitespace-check-trailing-whitespace t
93 "Flag to check trailing whitespace."
94 :type 'boolean
95 :group 'whitespace)
97 (defcustom whitespace-check-spacetab-whitespace t
98 "Flag to check space followed by a TAB."
99 :type 'boolean
100 :group 'whitespace)
102 (defcustom whitespace-spacetab-regexp " \t"
103 "Regexp to match a space followed by a TAB."
104 :type 'regexp
105 :group 'whitespace)
107 (defcustom whitespace-check-indent-whitespace t
108 "Flag to check indentation whitespace."
109 :type 'boolean
110 :group 'whitespace)
112 (defcustom whitespace-indent-regexp (concat "^\\(\t*\\) " " ")
113 "Regexp to match (any TABS followed by) 8/more whitespaces at start of line."
114 :type 'regexp
115 :group 'whitespace)
117 (defcustom whitespace-check-ateol-whitespace t
118 "Flag to check end-of-line whitespace."
119 :type 'boolean
120 :group 'whitespace)
122 (defcustom whitespace-ateol-regexp "[ \t]$"
123 "Regexp to match a TAB or a space at the EOL."
124 :type 'regexp
125 :group 'whitespace)
127 (defcustom whitespace-errbuf "*Whitespace Errors*"
128 "The name of the buffer where whitespace related messages will be logged."
129 :type 'string
130 :group 'whitespace)
132 (defcustom whitespace-auto-cleanup nil
133 "Cleanup a buffer automatically on finding it whitespace unclean."
134 :type 'boolean
135 :group 'whitespace)
137 (defcustom whitespace-silent nil
138 "All whitespace errors will be shown only in the modeline when t.
140 Note that setting this may cause all whitespaces introduced in a file to go
141 unnoticed when the buffer is killed, unless the user visits the `*Whitespace
142 Errors*' buffer before opening (or closing) another file."
143 :type 'boolean
144 :group 'whitespace)
146 (defcustom whitespace-modes '(ada-mode asm-mode autoconf-mode awk-mode
147 c-mode c++-mode cc-mode
148 change-log-mode cperl-mode
149 electric-nroff-mode emacs-lisp-mode
150 f90-mode fortran-mode html-mode
151 html3-mode java-mode jde-mode
152 ksh-mode latex-mode LaTeX-mode
153 lisp-mode m4-mode makefile-mode
154 modula-2-mode nroff-mode objc-mode
155 pascal-mode perl-mode prolog-mode
156 python-mode scheme-mode sgml-mode
157 sh-mode shell-script-mode simula-mode
158 tcl-mode tex-mode texinfo-mode
159 vrml-mode xml-mode)
161 "Major Modes in which we turn on whitespace checking.
163 These are mostly programming and documentation modes. But you may add other
164 modes that you want whitespaces checked in by adding something like the
165 following to your `.emacs':
167 \(setq whitespace-modes (cons 'my-mode (cons 'my-other-mode
168 whitespace-modes))\)
170 Or, alternately, you can use the Emacs `customize' command to set this."
171 :type '(repeat symbol)
172 :group 'whitespace)
174 (defcustom whitespace-rescan-timer-time 600
175 "Period in seconds to rescan modified buffers for whitespace creep.
177 This is the period after which the timer will fire causing
178 `whitespace-rescan-files-in-buffers' to check for whitespace creep in
179 modified buffers.
181 To disable timer scans, set this to zero."
182 :type 'integer
183 :group 'whitespace)
185 (defcustom whitespace-display-in-modeline t
186 "Display whitespace errors on the modeline."
187 :type 'boolean
188 :group 'whitespace)
190 (if (not (assoc 'whitespace-mode minor-mode-alist))
191 (setq minor-mode-alist (cons '(whitespace-mode whitespace-mode-line)
192 minor-mode-alist)))
194 (defun whitespace-check-whitespace-mode (&optional arg)
195 "Test and set the whitespace-mode in qualifying buffers."
196 (if (null whitespace-mode)
197 (setq whitespace-mode
198 (if (or arg (member major-mode whitespace-modes))
200 nil))))
202 ;;;###autoload
203 (defun whitespace-buffer (&optional quiet)
204 "Find five different types of white spaces in buffer.
205 These are:
206 1. Leading space \(empty lines at the top of a file\).
207 2. Trailing space \(empty lines at the end of a file\).
208 3. Indentation space \(8 or more spaces, that should be replaced with TABS\).
209 4. Spaces followed by a TAB. \(Almost always, we never want that\).
210 5. Spaces or TABS at the end of a line.
212 Check for whitespace only if this buffer really contains a non-empty file
213 and:
214 1. the major mode is one of the whitespace-modes, or
215 2. `whitespace-buffer' was explicitly called with a prefix argument."
216 (interactive)
217 (let ((whitespace-error nil))
218 (whitespace-check-whitespace-mode current-prefix-arg)
219 (if (and buffer-file-name (> (buffer-size) 0) whitespace-mode)
220 (progn
221 (whitespace-check-buffer-list (buffer-name) buffer-file-name)
222 (whitespace-tickle-timer)
223 (if whitespace-auto-cleanup
224 (if buffer-read-only
225 (if (not quiet)
226 (message "Can't cleanup: %s is read-only" (buffer-name)))
227 (whitespace-cleanup))
228 (let ((whitespace-leading (if whitespace-check-leading-whitespace
229 (whitespace-buffer-leading)
230 nil))
231 (whitespace-trailing (if whitespace-check-trailing-whitespace
232 (whitespace-buffer-trailing)
233 nil))
234 (whitespace-indent (if whitespace-check-indent-whitespace
235 (whitespace-buffer-search
236 whitespace-indent-regexp)
237 nil))
238 (whitespace-spacetab (if whitespace-check-spacetab-whitespace
239 (whitespace-buffer-search
240 whitespace-spacetab-regexp)
241 nil))
242 (whitespace-ateol (if whitespace-check-ateol-whitespace
243 (whitespace-buffer-search
244 whitespace-ateol-regexp)
245 nil))
246 (whitespace-errmsg nil)
247 (whitespace-filename buffer-file-name)
248 (whitespace-this-modeline ""))
250 ;; Now let's complain if we found any of the above.
251 (setq whitespace-error (or whitespace-leading whitespace-indent
252 whitespace-spacetab whitespace-ateol
253 whitespace-trailing))
255 (if whitespace-error
256 (progn
257 (setq whitespace-errmsg
258 (concat whitespace-filename " contains:\n"
259 (if whitespace-leading
260 "Leading whitespace\n")
261 (if whitespace-indent
262 (concat "Indentation whitespace"
263 whitespace-indent "\n"))
264 (if whitespace-spacetab
265 (concat "Space followed by Tab"
266 whitespace-spacetab "\n"))
267 (if whitespace-ateol
268 (concat "End-of-line whitespace"
269 whitespace-ateol "\n"))
270 (if whitespace-trailing
271 "Trailing whitespace\n")
272 "\ntype `M-x whitespace-cleanup' to "
273 "cleanup the file."))
274 (setq whitespace-this-modeline
275 (concat (if whitespace-ateol "e")
276 (if whitespace-indent "i")
277 (if whitespace-leading "l")
278 (if whitespace-spacetab "s")
279 (if whitespace-trailing "t")))))
280 (whitespace-update-modeline whitespace-this-modeline)
281 (save-excursion
282 (get-buffer-create whitespace-errbuf)
283 (kill-buffer whitespace-errbuf)
284 (get-buffer-create whitespace-errbuf)
285 (set-buffer whitespace-errbuf)
286 (if whitespace-errmsg
287 (progn
288 (insert whitespace-errmsg)
289 (if (not (or quiet whitespace-silent))
290 (display-buffer whitespace-errbuf t))
291 (if (not quiet)
292 (message "Whitespaces: [%s%s] in %s"
293 whitespace-this-modeline
294 (let ((whitespace-unchecked
295 (whitespace-unchecked-whitespaces)))
296 (if whitespace-unchecked
297 (concat "!" whitespace-unchecked)
298 ""))
299 whitespace-filename)))
300 (if (not quiet)
301 (message "%s clean" whitespace-filename))))))))
302 (if whitespace-error
304 nil)))
306 ;;;###autoload
307 (defun whitespace-region (s e)
308 "Check the region for whitespace errors."
309 (interactive "r")
310 (save-excursion
311 (save-restriction
312 (narrow-to-region s e)
313 (whitespace-buffer))))
315 ;;;###autoload
316 (defun whitespace-cleanup ()
317 "Cleanup the five different kinds of whitespace problems.
319 Use \\[describe-function] whitespace-describe to read a summary of the
320 whitespace problems."
321 (interactive)
322 ;; If this buffer really contains a file, then run, else quit.
323 (whitespace-check-whitespace-mode current-prefix-arg)
324 (if (and buffer-file-name whitespace-mode)
325 (let ((whitespace-any nil)
326 (whitespace-tabwith 8)
327 (whitespace-tabwith-saved tab-width))
329 ;; since all printable TABS should be 8, irrespective of how
330 ;; they are displayed.
331 (setq tab-width whitespace-tabwith)
333 (if (and whitespace-check-leading-whitespace
334 (whitespace-buffer-leading))
335 (progn
336 (whitespace-buffer-leading-cleanup)
337 (setq whitespace-any t)))
339 (if (and whitespace-check-trailing-whitespace
340 (whitespace-buffer-trailing))
341 (progn
342 (whitespace-buffer-trailing-cleanup)
343 (setq whitespace-any t)))
345 (if (and whitespace-check-indent-whitespace
346 (whitespace-buffer-search whitespace-indent-regexp))
347 (progn
348 (whitespace-indent-cleanup)
349 (setq whitespace-any t)))
351 (if (and whitespace-check-spacetab-whitespace
352 (whitespace-buffer-search whitespace-spacetab-regexp))
353 (progn
354 (whitespace-buffer-cleanup whitespace-spacetab-regexp "\t")
355 (setq whitespace-any t)))
357 (if (and whitespace-check-ateol-whitespace
358 (whitespace-buffer-search whitespace-ateol-regexp))
359 (progn
360 (whitespace-buffer-cleanup whitespace-ateol-regexp "")
361 (setq whitespace-any t)))
363 ;; Call this recursively till everything is taken care of
364 (if whitespace-any
365 (whitespace-cleanup)
366 (progn
367 (message "%s clean" buffer-file-name)
368 (whitespace-update-modeline)))
369 (setq tab-width whitespace-tabwith-saved))))
371 ;;;###autoload
372 (defun whitespace-cleanup-region (s e)
373 "Whitespace cleanup on the region."
374 (interactive "r")
375 (save-excursion
376 (save-restriction
377 (narrow-to-region s e)
378 (whitespace-cleanup))
379 (whitespace-buffer t)))
381 (defun whitespace-buffer-leading ()
382 "Check to see if there are any empty lines at the top of the file."
383 (save-excursion
384 (let ((pmin nil)
385 (pmax nil))
386 (goto-char (point-min))
387 (beginning-of-line)
388 (setq pmin (point))
389 (end-of-line)
390 (setq pmax (point))
391 (if (equal pmin pmax)
393 nil))))
395 (defun whitespace-buffer-leading-cleanup ()
396 "Remove any empty lines at the top of the file."
397 (save-excursion
398 (let ((pmin nil)
399 (pmax nil))
400 (goto-char (point-min))
401 (beginning-of-line)
402 (setq pmin (point))
403 (end-of-line)
404 (setq pmax (point))
405 (if (equal pmin pmax)
406 (progn
407 (kill-line)
408 (whitespace-buffer-leading-cleanup))))))
410 (defun whitespace-buffer-trailing ()
411 "Check to see if are is more than one empty line at the bottom."
412 (save-excursion
413 (let ((pmin nil)
414 (pmax nil))
415 (goto-char (point-max))
416 (beginning-of-line)
417 (setq pmin (point))
418 (end-of-line)
419 (setq pmax (point))
420 (if (equal pmin pmax)
421 (progn
422 (goto-char (- (point) 1))
423 (beginning-of-line)
424 (setq pmin (point))
425 (end-of-line)
426 (setq pmax (point))
427 (if (equal pmin pmax)
429 nil))
430 nil))))
432 (defun whitespace-buffer-trailing-cleanup ()
433 "Delete all the empty lines at the bottom."
434 (save-excursion
435 (let ((pmin nil)
436 (pmax nil))
437 (goto-char (point-max))
438 (beginning-of-line)
439 (setq pmin (point))
440 (end-of-line)
441 (setq pmax (point))
442 (if (equal pmin pmax)
443 (progn
444 (goto-char (1- pmin))
445 (beginning-of-line)
446 (setq pmin (point))
447 (end-of-line)
448 (setq pmax (point))
449 (if (equal pmin pmax)
450 (progn
451 (goto-char (1- (point-max)))
452 (beginning-of-line)
453 (kill-line)
454 (whitespace-buffer-trailing-cleanup))))))))
456 (defun whitespace-buffer-search (regexp)
457 "Search for any given whitespace REGEXP."
458 (let ((whitespace-retval ""))
459 (save-excursion
460 (goto-char (point-min))
461 (while (re-search-forward regexp nil t)
462 (setq whitespace-retval (format "%s %s " whitespace-retval
463 (match-beginning 0))))
464 (if (equal "" whitespace-retval)
466 whitespace-retval))))
468 (defun whitespace-buffer-cleanup (regexp newregexp)
469 "Search for any given whitespace REGEXP and replace it with the NEWREGEXP."
470 (save-excursion
471 (goto-char (point-min))
472 (while (re-search-forward regexp nil t)
473 (replace-match newregexp))))
475 (defun whitespace-indent-cleanup ()
476 "Search for 8/more spaces at the start of a line and replace it with tabs."
477 (save-excursion
478 (goto-char (point-min))
479 (while (re-search-forward whitespace-indent-regexp nil t)
480 (let ((column (current-column))
481 (indent-tabs-mode t))
482 (delete-region (match-beginning 0) (point))
483 (indent-to column)))))
485 (defun whitespace-unchecked-whitespaces ()
486 "Return the list of whitespaces whose testing has been suppressed."
487 (let ((whitespace-this-modeline
488 (concat (if (not whitespace-check-ateol-whitespace) "e")
489 (if (not whitespace-check-indent-whitespace) "i")
490 (if (not whitespace-check-leading-whitespace) "l")
491 (if (not whitespace-check-spacetab-whitespace) "s")
492 (if (not whitespace-check-trailing-whitespace) "t"))))
493 (if (not (equal whitespace-this-modeline ""))
494 whitespace-this-modeline
495 nil)))
497 (defun whitespace-update-modeline (&optional whitespace-err)
498 "Update modeline with whitespace errors.
499 Also with whitespaces whose testing has been turned off."
500 (if whitespace-display-in-modeline
501 (progn
502 (setq whitespace-mode-line nil)
503 ;; Whitespace errors
504 (if (and whitespace-err (not (equal whitespace-err "")))
505 (setq whitespace-mode-line whitespace-err))
506 ;; Whitespace suppressed errors
507 (let ((whitespace-unchecked (whitespace-unchecked-whitespaces)))
508 (if whitespace-unchecked
509 (setq whitespace-mode-line
510 (concat whitespace-mode-line "!" whitespace-unchecked))))
511 ;; Add the whitespace modeline prefix
512 (setq whitespace-mode-line (if whitespace-mode-line
513 (concat " W:" whitespace-mode-line)
514 nil))
515 (whitespace-force-mode-line-update))))
517 ;; Force mode line updation for different Emacs versions
518 (defun whitespace-force-mode-line-update ()
519 "Force the mode line update for different flavors of Emacs."
520 (if (fboundp 'redraw-modeline)
521 (redraw-modeline) ; XEmacs
522 (force-mode-line-update))) ; Emacs
524 (defun whitespace-check-buffer-list (buf-name buf-file)
525 "Add a buffer and its file to the whitespace monitor list.
527 The buffer named BUF-NAME and its associated file BUF-FILE are now monitored
528 periodically for whitespace."
529 (if (and whitespace-mode (not (member (list buf-file buf-name)
530 whitespace-all-buffer-files)))
531 (add-to-list 'whitespace-all-buffer-files (list buf-file buf-name))))
533 (defun whitespace-tickle-timer ()
534 "Tickle timer to periodically to scan qualifying files for whitespace creep.
536 If timer is not set, then set it to scan the files in
537 `whitespace-all-buffer-files' periodically (defined by
538 `whitespace-rescan-timer-time') for whitespace creep."
539 (if (and whitespace-rescan-timer-time (not whitespace-rescan-timer))
540 (setq whitespace-rescan-timer
541 (add-timeout whitespace-rescan-timer-time
542 'whitespace-rescan-files-in-buffers nil
543 whitespace-rescan-timer-time))))
545 (defun whitespace-rescan-files-in-buffers (&optional arg)
546 "Check monitored files for whitespace creep since last scan."
547 (let ((whitespace-all-my-files whitespace-all-buffer-files)
548 buffile bufname thiselt buf)
549 (if (not whitespace-all-my-files)
550 (progn
551 (disable-timeout whitespace-rescan-timer)
552 (setq whitespace-rescan-timer nil))
553 (while whitespace-all-my-files
554 (setq thiselt (car whitespace-all-my-files))
555 (setq whitespace-all-my-files (cdr whitespace-all-my-files))
556 (setq buffile (car thiselt))
557 (setq bufname (cadr thiselt))
558 (setq buf (get-buffer bufname))
559 (if (buffer-live-p buf)
560 (save-excursion
561 ;;(message "buffer %s live" bufname)
562 (set-buffer bufname)
563 (if whitespace-mode
564 (progn
565 ;;(message "checking for whitespace in %s" bufname)
566 (if whitespace-auto-cleanup
567 (progn
568 ;;(message "cleaning up whitespace in %s" bufname)
569 (whitespace-cleanup))
570 (progn
571 ;;(message "whitespace-buffer %s." (buffer-name))
572 (whitespace-buffer t))))
573 ;;(message "Removing %s from refresh list" bufname)
574 (whitespace-refresh-rescan-list buffile bufname)))
575 ;;(message "Removing %s from refresh list" bufname)
576 (whitespace-refresh-rescan-list buffile bufname))))))
578 (defun whitespace-refresh-rescan-list (buffile bufname)
579 "Refresh the list of files to be rescaned for whitespace creep."
580 (if whitespace-all-buffer-files
581 (setq whitespace-all-buffer-files
582 (delete (list buffile bufname) whitespace-all-buffer-files))
583 (when whitespace-rescan-timer
584 (disable-timeout whitespace-rescan-timer)
585 (setq whitespace-rescan-timer nil))))
587 ;;;###autoload
588 (defcustom whitespace-global-mode nil
589 "Toggle global Whitespace mode.
591 Setting this variable directly does not take effect;
592 use either \\[customize] or the function `whitespace-global-mode'
593 \(which see)."
594 :set (lambda (sym val)
595 (whitespace-global-mode (or value 0)))
596 :initialize 'custom-initialize-default
597 :type 'boolean
598 :group 'whitespace
599 :require 'whitespace)
601 (defun whitespace-global-mode (&optional arg)
602 "Toggle using Whitespace mode in new buffers.
603 With ARG, turn the mode on if and only iff ARG is positive.
605 When this mode is active, `whitespace-buffer' is added to
606 `find-file-hooks' and `kill-buffer-hook'."
607 (interactive "P")
608 (setq arg (if arg
609 (> (prefix-numeric-value arg) 0)
610 (not whitespace-global-mode)))
611 (if arg
612 (progn
613 (add-hook 'find-file-hooks 'whitespace-buffer)
614 (add-hook 'kill-buffer-hook 'whitespace-buffer))
615 (remove-hook 'find-file-hooks 'whitespace-buffer)
616 (remove-hook 'kill-buffer-hook 'whitespace-buffer)))
618 ;;;###autoload
619 (defun whitespace-describe ()
620 "A summary of whitespaces and what this library can do about them.
622 The whitespace library is intended to find and help fix five different types
623 of whitespace problems that commonly exist in source code.
625 1. Leading space (empty lines at the top of a file).
626 2. Trailing space (empty lines at the end of a file).
627 3. Indentation space (8 or more spaces at beginning of line, that should be
628 replaced with TABS).
629 4. Spaces followed by a TAB. (Almost always, we never want that).
630 5. Spaces or TABS at the end of a line.
632 Whitespace errors are reported in a buffer, and on the modeline.
634 Modeline will show a W:<x>!<y> to denote a particular type of whitespace,
635 where `x' and `y' can be one (or more) of:
637 e - End-of-Line whitespace.
638 i - Indentation whitespace.
639 l - Leading whitespace.
640 s - Space followed by Tab.
641 t - Trailing whitespace.
643 If any of the whitespace checks is turned off, the modeline will display a
644 !<y>.
646 (since (3) is the most controversial one, here is the rationale: Most
647 terminal drivers and printer drivers have TAB configured or even
648 hardcoded to be 8 spaces. (Some of them allow configuration, but almost
649 always they default to 8.)
651 Changing `tab-width' to other than 8 and editing will cause your code to
652 look different from within Emacs, and say, if you cat it or more it, or
653 even print it.
655 Almost all the popular programming modes let you define an offset (like
656 c-basic-offset or perl-indent-level) to configure the offset, so you
657 should never have to set your `tab-width' to be other than 8 in all these
658 modes. In fact, with an indent level of say, 4, 2 TABS will cause Emacs
659 to replace your 8 spaces with one \t (try it). If vi users in your
660 office complain, tell them to use vim, which distinguishes between
661 tabstop and shiftwidth (vi equivalent of our offsets), and also ask them
662 to set smarttab.)
664 All the above have caused (and will cause) unwanted codeline integration and
665 merge problems.
667 whitespace.el will complain if it detects whitespaces on opening a file, and
668 warn you on closing a file also (in case you had inserted any
669 whitespaces during the process of your editing)."
670 (interactive)
671 (message "Use C-h f whitespace-describe to read about whitespace.el v%s."
672 whitespace-version))
674 (defun whitespace-unload-hook ()
675 (remove-hook 'find-file-hooks 'whitespace-buffer)
676 (remove-hook 'kill-buffer-hook 'whitespace-buffer))
678 (provide 'whitespace)
680 ;;; whitespace.el ends here