[squeak-dev] Re: support of various line ends in trunk
Andreas Raab
andreas.raab at gmx.de
Fri Nov 20 04:57:23 UTC 2009
Igor Stasenko wrote:
> 2009/11/17 Juan Vuletich <juan at jvuletich.org>:
>> It is all pretty simple to me. I want to see what's in there. I want to
>> control what I do with it. And I don't want "automatic changes". That's all.
>>
> Then you are using wrong tool. Use hex editor instead.
I think there might be a bit of a misunderstanding here. To some extent
I share Juan's view - I like to be in control about line ends, in fact
occasionally it's critical that I can determine the line end convention.
However, I have *never* had the need to edit "mixed" line end
conventions, i.e., CR, LF, or CRLF side-by-side in the same file. And
that's why I don't feel the need to see the individual CRs or LFs in the
editor. A setting *on* the editor that tells me "the line ends in this
file are CR/LF/CRLF" serves the same purpose and with a lot less
clutter. I can usually just ignore it, and when I have to I can check
(or change) it.
So from my perspective displaying CR, LF, or CRLF all the same is just
fine. What's missing (for the purposes where I use Notepad++ or Emacs
for) is an editor that allows me to see and change the line end
convention on the file I'm editing. If we'd have an explicit File Editor
(instead of just a whacky workspace with a file attached to it) it would
serve my (and probably most other line end conscious users) purposes
just fine.
Cheers,
- Andreas
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