Re: RFE: honor 'eol' setting regardless of 'binary' flag.

Hi Linda!

On So, 13 Jul 2014, Linda A. Walsh wrote:

> John Little wrote:
> >On Sunday, July 13, 2014 6:56:20 PM UTC+12, Linda A. Walsh wrote:
> >>Where is it written that the last line of a file needs a uselss linefeed?
> >
> >POSIX definition of a text file is a file that contains characters organized into zero or more lines:
> >http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap03.html#tag_03_397
> >
> >A line is defined to have a newline:
> >http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap03.html#tag_03_206
> >
> >Text files with incomplete last lines have problems with lots of tools, like the diff programmes used by version control systems. If you are not using a VCS like mercurial or git, I suggest you look into it, they're a very good idea.
> >
> >Regards, John Littl
> I appreciate the reference, as the standard says text files may
> contain 0 or more lines
> and that a line cannot contain NUL characters and none can exceed
> LINE_MAX bytes
> in LENGTH including a NL **[if one is present]**. (bracketed text, mine).
>
>
> It does not say that a text file may not contain text characters at
> the end of
> the file. It infers that such would NOT be a line. Vim converts those
> characters into a line -- and would be *creating*
> lines in files where previously there were none.
>
> This is an error in Vim under POSIX, as you note. Vim is not POSIX
> compatible,
> but that is really moot to the idea of allowing a choice.
>
> Vim embodies having, not only a choice other than POSIX, but a multitude
> of choices. If Vim were to delete all non-POSIX features, there would
> only be "vi": i.e. -- there would be no Vim.
>
> Are you saying Vim should not exist?

I am not sure, if being silly helps in getting anybody convinced that
Vim's behaviour should change. In fact, I don't see your problem. Just
set the required options and be done.

Best,
Christian
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