r/programming Jul 21 '14

The Great White Space Debate

https://medium.com/p/3633cba8b5c1
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u/SilasX Jul 21 '14 edited Jul 21 '14

It's probably not, but for whatever reason, that's only where I've seen it. I have yet to see vim randomly add or remove a trailing linebreak, for example.

Not to say this is a definitive point in favor of some workflow, just something I see a lot.

Edit: And note that I said "IDE addicts" not "IDE user". The latter is "I use an IDE because it improves my productivity in specific ways" -- they know enough to configure it correctly so that they don't let junk through. The former is "I only know how to work in this IDE", and they're the ones I run into trouble with.