[9794] in Athena Bugs
ez (presumably all platforms)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (vanharen@MIT.EDU)
Fri Aug 14 16:35:54 1992
From: vanharen@MIT.EDU
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Cc: carla@MIT.EDU, owens@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 16:35:34 BST
System name: bad-loud-music
Type and version: sun4 0.1A
Display type: sun4
What were you trying to do?
[This is related to the previous bug report, but is a seperate
bug, so I'm reporting it here as well.]
Edit (create) a file (.environment) with ez. This was on a
decstation, but probably exists on all platforms on which ez
runs.
What's wrong:
Ez does not append a trailing newline to the file, by default.
Emacs and vi do, though. The reason that this is significant is
that the shell can't "source" files correctly if they do not end
in a newline. (see previous bug report)
What should have happened:
It should probably make sure there is a trailing newline by
default. Perhaps have an option or a variable to change this
behavior, as emacs does.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
man ez? emacs "M-x describe-variable require-final-newline"?
dunno...
