trim_trailing_whitespace no longer applying

[JourneyOver]

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Involved .editorconfig-files

# EditorConfig helps developers define and maintain consistent
# coding styles between different editors and IDEs
# editorconfig.org

root = true

[*]
charset = utf-8
end_of_line = lf
insert_final_newline = true
indent_style = space
indent_size = 2
trim_trailing_whitespace = true

[*.svg]
insert_final_newline = false

Directory structure

.editorconfig is in the root of my project, no other .editorconfig files

Installed packages

Built-in Atom Packages (92)
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├── atom-dark-ui@0.53.1
├── atom-light-syntax@0.29.0
├── atom-light-ui@0.46.1
├── base16-tomorrow-dark-theme@1.5.0
├── base16-tomorrow-light-theme@1.5.0
├── one-dark-ui@1.10.10
├── one-light-ui@1.10.10
├── one-dark-syntax@1.8.2
├── one-light-syntax@1.8.2
├── solarized-dark-syntax@1.1.4
├── solarized-light-syntax@1.1.4
├── about@1.8.0
├── archive-view@0.64.2
├── autocomplete-atom-api@0.10.7
├── autocomplete-css@0.17.5
├── autocomplete-html@0.8.4
├── autocomplete-plus@2.40.2
├── autocomplete-snippets@1.12.0
├── autoflow@0.29.3
├── autosave@0.24.6
├── background-tips@0.27.1
├── bookmarks@0.45.1
├── bracket-matcher@0.89.1
├── command-palette@0.43.5
├── dalek@0.2.1
├── deprecation-cop@0.56.9
├── dev-live-reload@0.48.1
├── encoding-selector@0.23.8
├── exception-reporting@0.43.1
├── find-and-replace@0.215.5
├── fuzzy-finder@1.7.5
├── github@0.10.3
├── git-diff@1.3.9
├── go-to-line@0.33.0
├── grammar-selector@0.49.9
├── image-view@0.62.4
├── incompatible-packages@0.27.3
├── keybinding-resolver@0.38.1
├── line-ending-selector@0.7.5
├── link@0.31.4
├── markdown-preview@0.159.20
├── metrics@1.2.6
├── notifications@0.70.2
├── open-on-github@1.3.1
├── package-generator@1.3.0
├── settings-view@0.254.1
├── snippets@1.3.1
├── spell-check@0.72.7 (disabled)
├── status-bar@1.8.15
├── styleguide@0.49.10
├── symbols-view@0.118.2
├── tabs@0.109.1
├── timecop@0.36.2
├── tree-view@0.221.3
├── update-package-dependencies@0.13.1
├── welcome@0.36.6
├── whitespace@0.37.5 (disabled)
├── wrap-guide@0.40.3
├── language-c@0.59.2
├── language-clojure@0.22.7
├── language-coffee-script@0.49.3
├── language-csharp@1.0.1
├── language-css@0.42.10
├── language-gfm@0.90.3 (disabled)
├── language-git@0.19.1
├── language-go@0.45.2
├── language-html@0.49.0
├── language-hyperlink@0.16.3
├── language-java@0.28.0
├── language-javascript@0.128.3
├── language-json@0.19.1
├── language-less@0.34.2
├── language-make@0.22.3
├── language-mustache@0.14.5
├── language-objective-c@0.15.1
├── language-perl@0.38.1
├── language-php@0.43.1
├── language-property-list@0.9.1
├── language-python@0.49.2
├── language-ruby@0.71.4
├── language-ruby-on-rails@0.25.3
├── language-sass@0.61.4
├── language-shellscript@0.26.1
├── language-source@0.9.0
├── language-sql@0.25.10
├── language-text@0.7.3
├── language-todo@0.29.4
├── language-toml@0.18.2
├── language-typescript@0.3.2
├── language-xml@0.35.2
└── language-yaml@0.31.2

Community Packages (63) C:\Users\JourneyOver\.atom\packages
├── aligner@1.2.4
├── aligner-javascript@1.3.0
├── ask-stack@2.2.0
├── atom-alignment@0.13.0
├── atom-beautify@0.32.2
├── atom-css-comb@3.3.1
├── atom-discord@1.5.1
├── atom-ide-ui@0.9.4 (disabled)
├── autoclose-html@0.23.0
├── batman-syntax@1.1.0
├── busy@0.7.0
├── busy-signal@1.4.3
├── convert-file-encoding@0.1.0
├── copy-path@0.5.1
├── editorconfig@2.2.2
├── file-icons@2.1.18
├── highlight-selected@0.13.1
├── ide-css@0.3.0 (disabled)
├── ide-python@0.9.1 (disabled)
├── intentions@1.1.5
├── language-autohotkey2@1.0.1
├── language-batch@0.4.0
├── language-groovy@0.7.0
├── language-lua@0.9.11
├── language-markdown@0.25.1
├── language-powershell@4.0.0
├── line-ending-converter@1.3.2
├── linter@2.2.0 (disabled)
├── linter-alex@4.0.0 (disabled)
├── linter-coffeelint@1.3.1 (disabled)
├── linter-csslint@2.0.0 (disabled)
├── linter-jshint@3.1.6 (disabled)
├── linter-proselint@3.3.0 (disabled)
├── linter-remark@5.1.0 (disabled)
├── linter-ruby@1.2.6 (disabled)
├── linter-shellcheck@1.4.6 (disabled)
├── linter-stylelint@4.2.0 (disabled)
├── linter-ui-default@1.7.1 (disabled)
├── markdown-lists@0.0.2
├── markdown-table-formatter@2.9.2
├── merge-conflicts@1.4.5
├── minimap@4.29.8
├── minimap-find-and-replace@4.5.2
├── minimap-git-diff@4.3.1
├── minimap-highlight-selected@4.6.1
├── minimap-linter@2.1.3 (disabled)
├── monokai-slate2@0.7.1
├── newton-dark-syntax@1.1.9
├── newton-dark-ui@1.1.3
├── pdf-view@0.67.0
├── pigments@0.40.2
├── platformio-ide-terminal@2.8.1 (disabled)
├── pretty-json@2.0.0
├── project-manager@3.3.5
├── regex-railroad-diagram@0.19.4
├── seti-syntax@1.1.3
├── seti-ui@1.10.0
├── split-diff@1.5.2
├── sync-settings@0.8.6
├── table-editor@0.2.2
├── tree-view-copy-relative-path@1.2.0
├── wakatime@7.0.4
└── wordcount@2.10.4

Notes

It doesn't seem to matter the contents of .editorconfig trim_trailing_whitespace = true doesn't seem to work in atom anymore, I dunno what exactly happened as it used to work just fine..

Running Atom 1.25.0 x64

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[florianb]

Hi @JourneyOver - thanks for getting in touch. I currently don't know about an issue with trim_trailing_whitespace.

Could you please provide the output of the command EditorConfig: Show State (Cmd + Shift + P) for the file where Editorconfig behaves malicious?

[JourneyOver]

as an example of one of the many many misbehaving that used to work.

It doesn't throw any errors/warnings or anything since I disabled the whitespace package, and the popup that comes from the "show state" is green as shown above. One thing I noticed is that it's sometimes working and then sometimes not working..

I've noticed it not working on:

• .ini
• .txt
• .json
• .py
• .pyw
• .groovy
• .css

to name at least a couple files by extension I've tested on so far (there could be more but that's at least the ones I've tested so far). It doesn't seem to matter the file name or anything, any file with the above extensions that I've at least tested on so far don't seem to want to use the trim_trailing_whitespace anymore..

Another thing that I noticed as well, is that if I'm making a new file (like haven't created/saved yet) after saving the file the trim_trailing_whitespace works but it only seems to work once, upon adding trailing whitespaces and saving again it doesn't remove any trialing whitespaces anymore except for if its on a new line without any words, if I add a word it again trims it only once upon save but if I go and add a trailing whitespace again after the word and save it doesn't remove the trailing whitespace.

example:

1. Create a file (Use one of the extensions above)
2. type a random word in the file with a trailing whitespace
3. save (notice the trailing whitespace is now removed)
4. add a new trailing whitespace after the word again
5. Save (notice the trailing whitespace is not removed)
   Optionals:
6. Create a new line and make a few whitespaces
7. Save (notice the trailing whitespaces on the newline are gone)
8. Follow from step 2 to 5 again.

--
If I go and use VSCode or notepad++ instead of Atom, editorconfig packages for them works just fine with my .editorconfig file, so I don't believe the issue is to do with my .editorconfig file any. Ontop of that things used to work just fine, and I haven't really changed anything on my end other than updating packages (I haven't added any new packages in a very long time) and updating atom.

[florianb]

@JourneyOver - thank you for your detailed description. Unfortunately i cannot reproduce the behavior. It looks very much like a different package is modifying your files after editorconfig left them alone.

You're using some packages which may probably interfere with the editorconfig-settings.

For example line-ending-converter or project-manager (i already had issues in conjunction with project-manager) - could you do me a favor and check, if disabling the other packages leads to a different behavior?

[JourneyOver]

So I've temporarly disabled all of my packages other than editorconfig and the core packages (and themes/syntax) that atom comes with, and it's still producing the same issue..

Built-in Atom Packages (92)
├── atom-dark-syntax@0.29.0
├── atom-dark-ui@0.53.1
├── atom-light-syntax@0.29.0
├── atom-light-ui@0.46.1
├── base16-tomorrow-dark-theme@1.5.0
├── base16-tomorrow-light-theme@1.5.0
├── one-dark-ui@1.10.10
├── one-light-ui@1.10.10
├── one-dark-syntax@1.8.2
├── one-light-syntax@1.8.2
├── solarized-dark-syntax@1.1.4
├── solarized-light-syntax@1.1.4
├── about@1.8.0
├── archive-view@0.64.2
├── autocomplete-atom-api@0.10.7
├── autocomplete-css@0.17.5
├── autocomplete-html@0.8.4
├── autocomplete-plus@2.40.2
├── autocomplete-snippets@1.12.0
├── autoflow@0.29.3
├── autosave@0.24.6
├── background-tips@0.27.1
├── bookmarks@0.45.1
├── bracket-matcher@0.89.1
├── command-palette@0.43.5
├── dalek@0.2.1
├── deprecation-cop@0.56.9
├── dev-live-reload@0.48.1
├── encoding-selector@0.23.8
├── exception-reporting@0.43.1
├── find-and-replace@0.215.5
├── fuzzy-finder@1.7.5
├── github@0.10.3
├── git-diff@1.3.9
├── go-to-line@0.33.0
├── grammar-selector@0.49.9
├── image-view@0.62.4
├── incompatible-packages@0.27.3
├── keybinding-resolver@0.38.1
├── line-ending-selector@0.7.5
├── link@0.31.4
├── markdown-preview@0.159.20
├── metrics@1.2.6
├── notifications@0.70.2
├── open-on-github@1.3.1
├── package-generator@1.3.0
├── settings-view@0.254.1
├── snippets@1.3.1
├── spell-check@0.72.7 (disabled)
├── status-bar@1.8.15
├── styleguide@0.49.10
├── symbols-view@0.118.2
├── tabs@0.109.1
├── timecop@0.36.2
├── tree-view@0.221.3
├── update-package-dependencies@0.13.1
├── welcome@0.36.6
├── whitespace@0.37.5 (disabled)
├── wrap-guide@0.40.3
├── language-c@0.59.2
├── language-clojure@0.22.7
├── language-coffee-script@0.49.3
├── language-csharp@1.0.1
├── language-css@0.42.10
├── language-gfm@0.90.3 (disabled)
├── language-git@0.19.1
├── language-go@0.45.2
├── language-html@0.49.0
├── language-hyperlink@0.16.3
├── language-java@0.28.0
├── language-javascript@0.128.3
├── language-json@0.19.1
├── language-less@0.34.2
├── language-make@0.22.3
├── language-mustache@0.14.5
├── language-objective-c@0.15.1
├── language-perl@0.38.1
├── language-php@0.43.1
├── language-property-list@0.9.1
├── language-python@0.49.2
├── language-ruby@0.71.4
├── language-ruby-on-rails@0.25.3
├── language-sass@0.61.4
├── language-shellscript@0.26.1
├── language-source@0.9.0
├── language-sql@0.25.10
├── language-text@0.7.3
├── language-todo@0.29.4
├── language-toml@0.18.2
├── language-typescript@0.3.2
├── language-xml@0.35.2
└── language-yaml@0.31.2

Community Packages (63) C:\Users\JourneyOver\.atom\packages
├── aligner@1.2.4 (disabled)
├── aligner-javascript@1.3.0 (disabled)
├── ask-stack@2.2.0 (disabled)
├── atom-alignment@0.13.0 (disabled)
├── atom-beautify@0.32.2 (disabled)
├── atom-css-comb@3.3.1 (disabled)
├── atom-discord@1.5.1 (disabled)
├── atom-ide-ui@0.9.4 (disabled)
├── autoclose-html@0.23.0 (disabled)
├── batman-syntax@1.1.0
├── busy@0.7.0 (disabled)
├── busy-signal@1.4.3 (disabled)
├── convert-file-encoding@0.1.0 (disabled)
├── copy-path@0.5.1 (disabled)
├── editorconfig@2.2.2
├── file-icons@2.1.18 (disabled)
├── highlight-selected@0.13.1 (disabled)
├── ide-css@0.3.0 (disabled)
├── ide-python@0.9.1 (disabled)
├── intentions@1.1.5 (disabled)
├── language-autohotkey2@1.0.1 (disabled)
├── language-batch@0.4.0 (disabled)
├── language-groovy@0.7.0 (disabled)
├── language-lua@0.9.11 (disabled)
├── language-markdown@0.25.1 (disabled)
├── language-powershell@4.0.0 (disabled)
├── line-ending-converter@1.3.2 (disabled)
├── linter@2.2.0 (disabled)
├── linter-alex@4.0.0 (disabled)
├── linter-coffeelint@1.3.1 (disabled)
├── linter-csslint@2.0.0 (disabled)
├── linter-jshint@3.1.6 (disabled)
├── linter-proselint@3.3.0 (disabled)
├── linter-remark@5.1.0 (disabled)
├── linter-ruby@1.2.6 (disabled)
├── linter-shellcheck@1.4.6 (disabled)
├── linter-stylelint@4.2.0 (disabled)
├── linter-ui-default@1.7.1 (disabled)
├── markdown-lists@0.0.2 (disabled)
├── markdown-table-formatter@2.9.2 (disabled)
├── merge-conflicts@1.4.5 (disabled)
├── minimap@4.29.8 (disabled)
├── minimap-find-and-replace@4.5.2 (disabled)
├── minimap-git-diff@4.3.1 (disabled)
├── minimap-highlight-selected@4.6.1 (disabled)
├── minimap-linter@2.1.3 (disabled)
├── monokai-slate2@0.7.1
├── newton-dark-syntax@1.1.9
├── newton-dark-ui@1.1.3
├── pdf-view@0.67.0 (disabled)
├── pigments@0.40.2 (disabled)
├── platformio-ide-terminal@2.8.1 (disabled)
├── pretty-json@2.0.0 (disabled)
├── project-manager@3.3.5 (disabled)
├── regex-railroad-diagram@0.19.4 (disabled)
├── seti-syntax@1.1.3
├── seti-ui@1.10.0
├── split-diff@1.5.2 (disabled)
├── sync-settings@0.8.6 (disabled)
├── table-editor@0.2.2 (disabled)
├── tree-view-copy-relative-path@1.2.0 (disabled)
├── wakatime@7.0.4 (disabled)
└── wordcount@2.10.4 (disabled)

if I go to any file that I haven't mentioned with an extension in my last reply like say a powershell script .ps1 or say a markdown .md and add random whitespaces in the file it works fine, but if I try with any of the extensions that I mentioned in my last reply it still just goes and doesn't remove any whitespaces at all.

Another thing I'm noticing as well is that if it's a brand new file on first save it sometimes will glitch and not remove the whitespaces so sometimes #3 of my last reply is a fud (notice that when it does glitch like this on first save of a new file it wont add a new line either but any save after the first save will add a new line when needed)

[JourneyOver]

I can just go and re-enable the whitespace package and it'll work just fine, but it'd be nice to get whitespace triming working on editorconfig so I can stop seeing that damn orange mouse in the taskbar of atom xD

[florianb]

I just saw you're already using Atom 1.25 - i guess this will be the cause for the troubles. 🙄

I will try to figure out what goes wrong here - expect an upcoming release. I'll come back to you when i have new information about the issue or i expect it to be resolved after a release.

[JourneyOver]

Ah I hope it is the cause of all this, and not some other mysterious force at play..

Hope you can figure things out and get a fix out :D

[bdube]

I have this issue, too, in 1.26.1 x64. How can I help?

Also for me it's more than just trailing whitespace trimming that no longer works. I have the Show Invisibles setting enabled and that setting works when the file in the buffer is .editorconfig. It doesn't work for any other files.

[florianb]

@bdube thanks for getting in touch. I'm currently working on a rewrite. If you'd like i can ping you as soon as i pre-release the rewrite.

For the additional issue i'd like to ask you to open a new issue, since this seems to be a unrelated issue.

[florianb]

I decided to drop maintenance. Sorry.

See #231

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[sasikanth513]

I just tested this functionality in atom 1.37.0 and followed the steps as mentioned by OP, everything is working fine.

Any one facing same issues? Any repo with files to reproduce this issue would be great. 😄

[Alhadis]

Yeah, same. Unable to reproduce this whatsoever; I'm guessing I must've fixed it in a previous release. 😅

If you're still experiencing this, please let me know.