From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andries Brouwer Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: cc-mode adds newlines Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 14:00:22 +0100 Message-ID: <20041121130022.GH20436@apps.cwi.nl> References: <20041119231343.GA19603@apps.cwi.nl> <20041121020850.GA20436@apps.cwi.nl> <20041121113801.GC20436@apps.cwi.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1101042085 30285 80.91.229.6 (21 Nov 2004 13:01:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 13:01:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Jari Aalto , Alan Mackenzie , Andries Brouwer , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 21 14:01:15 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CVrL9-0005i2-00 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 14:01:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CVrU8-0002Il-SW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 08:10:32 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CVrTQ-00027R-KZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 08:09:48 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CVrTP-00026v-Kd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 08:09:47 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CVrTP-00026q-I4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 08:09:47 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.16.191.8] (helo=hera.cwi.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CVrKM-0007wX-4g; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 08:00:26 -0500 Original-Received: from apps.cwi.nl (apps.cwi.nl [192.16.191.34]) by hera.cwi.nl with ESMTP id iALD0Mxh028779 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 14:00:22 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: (from aeb@localhost) by apps.cwi.nl (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.12.2) id iALD0MD12861; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 14:00:22 +0100 (MET) Original-To: snogglethorpe@gmail.com, miles@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:30159 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:30159 On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 09:53:07PM +0900, Miles Bader wrote: > > in their .emacs. And thousands of others were bitten. > > There's the difference, of course -- there probably aren't more than a > handful of people who object to Emacs making sure their .c files end > in a newline, and I expect their are far more people who _like_ the > feature. Emacs defaults are intended to be useful for the majority. Aha. So you left your previous sidetrack and now come to a new possible objection, namely the one that having a c-require-final-newline different from require-final-newline is useful for the majority. Is that really what you believe? Andries