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

Erik Christiansen wrote:
> On 13.07.14 01:45, Linda A. Walsh wrote:
>
>> 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?
>>
>
> Now you begin to resemble a troll.
>
> The pretence that Vim denies choice in the "missing EOL" scenario is
> unconvincing.
>
To you, perhaps, but any task to free slaves was unconvincing to those
who owned them. I.e any argument to those who maintain the status quo is
usually unconvincing.


> On 12.07.14 23:56, Linda A. Walsh wrote:
>
>> by default and force users into compliance.
>> Doing it for a user w/o their choice or buy-in and making it
>> impossible for them to have a choice is noxious, IMO.
>>
>
> That imaginary situation is mere misapprehension. Are you unaware of the
> existence of .vimrc? That's where your divergent defaults should be set,
> making them suit personal needs.
>
If it was setting a flag, I wouldn't have raised the issue. If it
involves a
long complex script, and/or external helper programs on each platform
then I am.

> The script provided upthread via URL is a slightly complex behaviour
> modification, but all the work has been done. Even if copy-paste of the
> script is a great burden for some, it does provide the desired behaviour
> (and therefore choice) after that herculean effort, does it not?
>
----
It also talks about needing external utilities ported to each
platform to work
reliably (the pure-vim script says the other is more reliable).
> Erik
>
>

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