Follow-up Comment #7, bug #16452 (project mc):
Any patches forthcoming?
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Follow-up Comment #4, bug #16452 (project mc):
mcedit is currently suitable for editing binary files, too. I wouldn't like
to give up this feature. So we had to do something like:
if (the current file looks like a text file) {
if (edit-size 0 get_byte(edit-size) != '\n') {
if
Follow-up Comment #6, bug #16452 (project mc):
I think such a dialog box should rather read:
The file you are editing does not end with a newline as required by many
programs. Do you want to add one?
[Yes] [No]
and - since mcedit is suitable for editing binaries - it would not hurt if
No
was
Follow-up Comment #5, bug #16452 (project mc):
... except that this patch does not actually handle the Cancel case ...
but other than that i'm fine with it.
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Follow-up Comment #1, bug #16452 (project mc):
nothing in the quoted paragraph suggests that a newline has to be present.
there are two philosophies regarding newlines: newlines as line terminators
(requires newline) and newlines as line breaks (separators - no newline
required).
personally, i
Follow-up Comment #3, bug #16452 (project mc):
Damn, why does it say GNU/Hurd there? I'm quite sure that I didn't select
that
on purpose (I'm using GNU/Linux and FreeBSD), maybe I just clicked next to
the
right choice... please change that or ignore it, thanks.
URL:
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Summary: mcedit forgets POSIX newline at end of file
Project: GNU Midnight Commander
Submitted by: div0
Submitted on: Thursday 04/27/06 at 07:27
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