Re: [PATCH 2/8] maint: remove empty lines at EOF, but excluding modules/*

[Bruno Haible]

Paul Eggert wrote:
> The "cat INSTALL" argument is not that persuasive

The other argument is that when viewing a file with "vi" and scrolling
through it, the cursor interrupts the reading flow when it is placed
on the last line and that line is not a blank one.

But of course, these arguments are about esthetics. There is no guarantee
that they convince a rationally thinking person.

> --- a/ChangeLog
> +++ b/ChangeLog
> @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
> +2012-01-17  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>
> +
> +     doc: omit trailing empty lines from INSTALL etc.
> +     * doc/Makefile (INSTALL): Omit trailing empty lines.
> +     (INSTALL.ISO, INSTALL-UTF): Build from INSTALL, so that these also

The file name is INSTALL.UTF-8.

Bruno