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Add reason for new lines at end of files #93

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GreenImp opened this issue May 2, 2014 · 1 comment
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Add reason for new lines at end of files #93

GreenImp opened this issue May 2, 2014 · 1 comment

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@GreenImp
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GreenImp commented May 2, 2014

Under 'Editor Preferences', there is the suggestion to "Add new line at end of files."
I'd not really come across this idea before (although seen it in many files and Terminal systems) and wasn't quite sure of the reason. After doing some research, the best example of a positive reason to do it was here: http://evanhahn.com/newline-necessary-at-the-end-of-javascript-files/

It might be good to add a link to an explanation of why you would want to do this, in the guide.

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zatkin commented Jun 16, 2014

This has to do with a system distinguishing between text files (containing "lines") and binary files (which typically don't contain "lines").

More here: http://markmail.org/message/5jsn4epq7ad3vyvt

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