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Jose A. Ortega Ruiz <jao@member.fsf.org> writes:

> (defun my-delete-trailing-lines ()
>   (goto-char (point-max))
>   (delete-blank-lines))
>
> (add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'my-delete-trailing-lines)

In addition,

(setq next-line-add-newlines nil)

helps to prevent inserting empty lines at the end of files.

  Lute

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