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From: king@KESTREL.ARPA (Dick King)
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Subject: GNU Emacs Manual: clarifying meaning of "blank" lines
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Date: 29 Nov 88 20:13:24 GMT
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   Date:     Mon, 28 Nov 88 16:42 EDT
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   I have just got GNU Emacs 18.52 up and running and have been going through
   the manual.  In section 10.1.2 "Killing by Lines," the comments about C-k
   killing a "blank line" caught my attention.  For the novice, a distinction
   should be made between an apparently blank line (containing whitespace)
   and a truly blank line (containing only LFD).

   I realize this could be considered picking nits, but thought I'd mention it
   anyway.

C-k kills any line that looks blank, even if there be spaces or tabs.

Perhaps your comment should be to this effect; more experienced
compophiles who are new to EMACS [or who have used such things as
Unipress EMACS] would expect lines full of whitespace to be treated as
nonblank lines.

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-dk