Why do I have these underscores at the begining of the line after I
pasted code from another editor, browswer
reddit / emacs

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Quirky-Indication670 · 2022-05-15 21:32

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RedditAlready19 · 2022-05-15 22:32

Are they regular underscores? Try pasting them into a Unicode
inspector

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Quirky-Indication670 · 2022-05-16 00:38

They just came up when I copied from draft buffer from gmail. If I
copy from sent - it worked without these.

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They are not regular underscores, as the code / config runs fine as
above

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csemacs · 2022-05-16 03:24

Maybe these are indentation guides.

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_viz_ · 2022-05-16 04:06

They are a kind of space, I forget which one.  Put your cursor over
them and say C-u C-x = to find out

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usaoc · 2022-05-16 04:12

`describe-char` with point at the character.  No need for “Unicode
inspector.”

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holgerschurig · 2022-05-16 10:41

If you start a pure, unconfigured Emacs via `emacs -Q`, and you paste
the text into it ... do you still see these underscores?

If not, than something in your configuration is the reason.