chris%umcp-cs@UDel-Relay@sri-unix.UUCP (08/17/83)
From: Chris Torek <chris%umcp-cs@UDel-Relay> I don't know if this is really a bug, but it's certainly an ``it shouldn't do that!'': Try setting files-should-end-with-newline to 1, marking a few characters in a buffer while being sure that the region does not end with a newline, and then run ESC-x filter-region (through command) cat Poof, up comes the magic question Kill buffer does not end with a newline, should I add one? Annoying, to say the least. But it doesn't show up often.... - Chris -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris.umcp-cs@UDel-Relay
jr@bbncd@sri-unix.UUCP (08/17/83)
From: John Robinson <jr@bbncd> BBN's PEN editor, when faced with this situation, appends the newline silently, and then REMOVES one (if it's there) that comes back from the filter at EOF. This is very useful: for example, to modify a modification date in a file, one marks the old date (which may be in the midst of a line) and filters the region through date. Voila, the new date appears in the old place. Perhaps emacs could add this capability to filter-region (I'm not an emacs source hacker). /jr
mark@umcp-cs.UUCP (08/19/83)
Of course, emacs does have a filter-region command. Was this mail a low key joke of some kind? -- spoken: mark weiser UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!mark CSNet: mark@umcp-cs ARPA: mark.umcp-cs@UDel-Relay