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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Message #8 received at 34952 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 34952 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34952: files with/out final newline look the same no matter
 what
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 09:34:04 +0200

> From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
> 	<jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
> 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.

You want a visual indication of a newline?  Then turn on
whitespace-mode, it does that.
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