[squeak-dev] support of various line ends in trunk

Juan Vuletich juan at jvuletich.org
Tue Nov 17 18:51:50 UTC 2009


Jimmie Houchin wrote:
> ...
> And do you normally use more than one when editing a file. Or do you 
> generally have a specific one with a purpose for that file/string?
> If not it would seem that a setting in your editor for the desired 
> line ending for that string would be nicer. And generally this would 
> be for export purposes, because internally in Squeak what purpose does 
> it have?
> I have never seen a situation where I wanted to introduce 
> inconsistency into a file. If inconsistency already existed I 
> preferred to correct it.
> Do you have situations where you encounter a file in an inconsistent 
> state that it is actually required to stay that way? Or merely to have 
> a desired line ending for its specified environment and purpose?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jimmie

It is all pretty simple to me. I want to see what's in there. I want to 
control what I do with it. And I don't want "automatic changes". That's all.

Cheers,
Juan Vuletich



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