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by pmontra 987 days ago
Another way is to delete whitespace only in some modes. Example from my .emacs

  (setq-default show-trailing-whitespace t)
  (defun delete-trailing-whitespace-hook()
    (add-hook 'before-save-hook 'delete-trailing-whitespace))

  (add-hook 'ruby-mode-hook 'delete-trailing-whitespace-hook)
  (add-hook 'python-mode-hook 'delete-trailing-whitespace-hook)
  (add-hook 'lisp-mode-hook 'delete-trailing-whitespace-hook)