On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 22:37:29 +1100 Lex Trotman elextr@gmail.com wrote:
What I'm expressing badly is that if a file ends in a newline you can consider that there is nothing after that, or you can consider that it has an empty unterminated line after the newline. Similarly an empty file has no lines or it has one unterminated empty line. Geany takes the empty unterminated line view, since a new "untitled" shows one line on screen. But neither interpretation is "right", it depends on what you are using the file for and what the tools expect.
My argument is that, if someone (eg me) selects that I want my file to end in newline (which is what the preference says) then thats what it should do, irrespective of any interpretation or the length of the file.
I agree.
Nick