[3.6] bpo-314777: IDLE - improve rstrip entry in doc (GH-3602) (#3605)

'Strip trailing whitespace' is not limited to spaces.  Wording caters to beginners who
do know know the meaning of 'whitespace'.  Multiline string literals are not skipped.
(cherry picked from commit ff70289)
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Terry Jan Reedy 2017-09-15 15:09:17 -04:00 committed by GitHub
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@ -190,7 +190,9 @@ Format Paragraph
paragraph will be formatted to less than N columns, where N defaults to 72. paragraph will be formatted to less than N columns, where N defaults to 72.
Strip trailing whitespace Strip trailing whitespace
Remove any space characters after the last non-space character of a line. Remove trailing space and other whitespace characters after the last
non-whitespace character of a line by applying str.rstrip to each line,
including lines within multiline strings.
.. index:: .. index::
single: Run script single: Run script

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@ -227,7 +227,9 @@ community is 4 spaces.</dd>
multiline string or selected line in a string. All lines in the multiline string or selected line in a string. All lines in the
paragraph will be formatted to less than N columns, where N defaults to 72.</dd> paragraph will be formatted to less than N columns, where N defaults to 72.</dd>
<dt>Strip trailing whitespace</dt> <dt>Strip trailing whitespace</dt>
<dd>Remove any space characters after the last non-space character of a line.</dd> <dd>Remove trailing space and other whitespace characters after the last
non-whitespace character of a line by applying str.rstrip to each line,
including lines within multiline strings.</dd>
</dl> </dl>
</div> </div>
<div class="section" id="run-menu-editor-window-only"> <div class="section" id="run-menu-editor-window-only">
@ -779,7 +781,7 @@ also used for testing.</p>
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IDLE - Improve rstrip entry in doc. Strip trailing whitespace strips more
than blank spaces. Multiline string literals are not skipped.