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by aludwin
Sun Nov 13, 2005 9:57 pm
Forum: Enhancement Suggestions
Topic: By default, TP should not modify files automatically
Replies: 8
Views: 289

I could certainly instruct our source control to accept the changes, but that destroys our history. Imagine someone comparing a version of the file after my change to the a version before - almost every line will be different. (Of course, we could always get a better diff tool, but I don't get to ...
by aludwin
Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:29 pm
Forum: Enhancement Suggestions
Topic: By default, TP should not modify files automatically
Replies: 8
Views: 289

This is what I get for not actually trying my testcase before I post. Oops. Nice catch MudGuard. However, it still doesn't change the thrust of my request. If I'm a new user, and I add a single character and hit CTRL-S, it is not at all obvious that this will also strip all the trailing spaces from ...
by aludwin
Fri Nov 11, 2005 6:14 pm
Forum: Enhancement Suggestions
Topic: By default, TP should not modify files automatically
Replies: 8
Views: 289

Thanks Ben, that wasn't quite the point though. Disabling the option works as advertised; however, I feel like I shouldn't have had to find it in the first place. The idea here is, the default behaviour of TP should not be to change your files. The "Strip trailing spaces" option is great, and I ...
by aludwin
Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:00 pm
Forum: Enhancement Suggestions
Topic: By default, TP should not modify files automatically
Replies: 8
Views: 289

By default, TP should not modify files automatically

I use TP to read and sometimes edit source files. We use source control at my company, and once when I was previewing my changes, I found that almost every line had been modified. I eventually discovered that the option "Strip trailing spaces from lines when saving" was on automatically for source ...