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Charles Jamieson wrote:
 >   I have the line
 >
 >     (setq-default require-final-newline t)
 >
 > in my .emacs file.  When I save a .txt file without a final newline, I
 > am asked whether to add a newline.  When I enter C-h v
 > require-final-newline, I am informed this variable is set to query.
 >
 >    However, when I save a .cpp or.h file without a terminating new line,
 > the newline is silently added.  In fact when I enter C-h v
 > require-final-newline, I am informed its value is set to t.
 >
 >     Why is this variable not being set consistently across file types?

My guess is that something like this is lurking somewhere (either in
~/.emacs, default.el, or site-start.el):

(add-hook 'text-mode-hook
	  (lambda ()
	    (set (make-local-variable 'require-final-newline) 'query)))

-- 
Kevin Rodgers