Does emacs have a built in function for removing trailing spaces in a buffer? I want to remove trailing whitespace at the end of all the lines in a buffer.
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2Removing them from what? strings? buffer text? Where have you searched for an answer before coming here?– StefanJun 22, 2017 at 16:30
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Please clarify if you are looking for a function that deletes trailing whitespace from a buffer (as @Ryan's answer addresses), or if you're looking to remove whitespace from a string, or something else.– Dan ♦Jun 23, 2017 at 13:04
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delete-horizontal-space ?– AAAfarmclubJun 26, 2017 at 0:39
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I am new to emacs and not sure of the appropriate terminology, but from the questions here I believe it must mean trailing spaces in a buffer.– vfclistsJun 26, 2017 at 2:40
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Thanks for clarifying! We've reopened the question, although it looks like you've got the answer you were looking for.– Dan ♦Jun 26, 2017 at 4:39
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According to the EmacsWiki, M-x delete-trailing-whitespace will eliminate all trailing whitespace in a buffer. In Spacemacs, it is bound to SPC x d w by default
You can do it automatically for all buffers by adding the following to your init.el:
(add-hook 'before-save-hook 'delete-trailing-whitespace)
For future reference, you can search for Emacs functions within Emacs by typing M-x apropos, then typing your query. In this case, M-x apropos <RET> whitespace <RET> provides a list of functions relating to whitespace.
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what if I want to avoid this in modes where it has special meaning like in markdown, but apply it in all other modes?– xerufMar 9 at 21:28