Bug#887634: Info dir trailing whitespace
Norbert, I have made a massive discovery,
$ wc -l /usr/share/info/dir
464 /usr/share/info/dir
grep -c ' $' /usr/share/info/dir
27
$ grep ' $' /usr/share/info/dir|head|cat -e
* CC Mode: (ccmode). Emacs mode for editing C, C++, Objective-C, $
* Emacs Lisp Intro: (eintr). A simple introduction to Emacs Lisp $
* Widget: (widget). The "widget" package used by the Emacs $
* Autotype: (autotype). Convenient features for text that you enter $
* Ediff: (ediff). A visual interface for comparing and merging $
* Forms: (forms). Emacs package for editing data bases by $
* RefTeX: (reftex). Emacs support for LaTeX cross-references and $
* EUDC: (eudc). Emacs client for directory servers (LDAP, $
* Message: (message). Mail and news composition mode that goes with $
* SC: (sc). Supercite lets you cite parts of messages $
All the lines with the trailing blank are mid-sentence folded lines!
The other non-problem lines all have one sentence fit on the same line.
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