[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: help with ignore whitespace

[Scott Reed <sreed@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hendrik Maryns's message received 10/20/2005 7:12 AM:
> Scott Reed uitte de volgende tekst op 18/10/2005 16:03:
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> > I am trying to compare two files with mostly whitespace differences. I 
> > have set "ignore whitespace" but it continues to show the changed 
> > lines that are just whitespace differences. Am I not understanding how 
> > this works or is there something else I have to do to get this to work?
>
>
> Can you give an example of the files?
Take any text file, make a copy, insert a newline somewhere and compare 
the two files. The newline shows up as a difference even when "ignore 
whitespace" is set.