GNU bug report logs - #34952
files with/out final newline look the same no matter what

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 05:09:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: files with/out final newline look the same no matter what
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 13:08:06 +0800

indicate-empty-lines is great, but still doesn't show the user the difference between
$ echo    abcd > fileA
$ echo -n abcd > fileB
$ emacs file*
Therefore some new variable is needed.
No I'm not talking about writing files, I'm just talking about how they
look when opened.
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