Re: Box cursor at EoL

[Anders Munch]

Colin Baxter [mailto:m43cap@yandex.com] wrote:
> Anders Munch <ajm@flonidan.dk> writes:
>> Emacs does a very good job of that.  One problem I've encountered
>> is the default setting of require-final-newline.  That caused me
>> some trouble, until I figured out to switch it off.
>
> I too switch off require-final-newline, but I seem to remember reading
> somewhere that text files should end with a new line. I do not know whether
> this was to do with style or something more significant. Does anyone else know
> of this "requirement"?

It's a POSIX thing.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/729692/why-should-text-files-end-with-a-newline
And there's a potential issue with C include files.

regards, Anders