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Matthew Walker <m.g.walker@NOmassey.SPac.AMnz> writes:

> Emacs is adding a newline to the end of my file.  I'd like it not to :o)

if you're on vms this is basically required (but you would have probably
killed yourself by now out of sheer misery so that can't be the case).

> * how to stop emacs from adding the newline.

see var `require-final-newline'.

thi