Add script for removing trailing whitespaces in a file.

Author: m-rossi

trim_trailing_whitespace.py

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+import editor
+import re
+
+
+def main():
+ """Trim trailing whitespaces in each line of the currently opened document
+ in editor.
+ """
+ contents = editor.get_text()
+ # split editor content by trailing whitespaces
+ contents = re.split(' +\n', contents)
+ # join again with newlines and remove last character, because otherwise
+ # there would be an additional newline
+ contents = '\n'.join(contents)[:-1]
+ editor.replace_text(0, len(editor.get_text()), contents)
+
+ return
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ main()
+