https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=450919
Bug ID: 450919
Summary: Kate adds newline at the end of file, and doesn't even
show it
Product: kate
Version: 21.12.2
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: grave
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: kwrite-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: php4...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
Created attachment 147168
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test file
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open the attached txt file in Kate. This file has 4608 rows and 4607
newlines (not sure of which kind). It has NO newline at the end of the file
2. Without editing the file AT ALL, save it
3. close it and open it again
OBSERVED RESULT
When you save the file, a newline character is added for no reason at the end
of the file, without warning.
Worse than that, you can't even see it. If you move the cursor at the end of
the file, there is no empty line at the end (just like there wasn't before
saving). Kate has modified the file but you can't see it.
But when you reopen it, you will see the empty line at the end in Kate.
So not only Kate is modifying a file upon saving despite the fact that I have
not touched it; and not only is it doing so silently. It is also inconsistent
in how it shows the contents of the same file.
After step 2 the newline at the end has already been added but can't be seen.
After step 3 nothing has changed wrt after step 2, but now the empty line can
be seen.
EXPECTED RESULT
1. No change should be made to a file when saving it if I have done absolutely
nothing in the editor. If I open a file and save it, it shouldn't be changed
the slightest bit
2. If you have a good reason for changing a file that I haven't touched when I
save it, you should warn me one way or another. You don't do that silently
3. If I close a file that I already saved and reopen it (meaning I am opening a
file that is identical to how it was when I closed it), it should look the
same, in every aspect, no matter what. If I don't see an empty line at the end
before closing (and I repeat: after saving), than I shouldn't see an empty line
at the end after reopening, given that the file hasn't been modified in the
meantime. No matter how you choose to visually represent the presence or
absence of a newline at the end of file (I don't think there's much ambiguity
there actually, if there is a newline at the end I should see an empty line, I
think that's all, but even if I'm missing something here), you must be
consistent, and never ever should a file that hasn't changed look different.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20220207
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.90.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.16.5-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 CPU @ 1.30GHz
Memory: 7.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics
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