I wrote:
> Brennan Vincent wrote: > > > When joining a line that is followed by an empty line (or one with only > > spaces), POSIX specifies that it should be deleted without the current > > line being affected. See the section "Join" in > > https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/ . > > > > However, vim appends a space to the current line in this case. For > > example, if line 1 is "foo", and line 2 is blank, after executing :1j > > line 1 will be "foo ", as can be seen by executing the following (`ex` > > is provided by `vi` on my system) > > > > $ echo -e 'foo\n' > test.txt && echo -e '1j\nwq' | ex test.txt && wc -c > > test.txt > > 5 test.txt > > > > nvi/nex give the POSIX behavior: > > > > $ echo -e 'foo\n' > test.txt && echo -e '1j\nwq' | nex test.txt && wc -c > > test.txt > > 4 test.txt > > > > Is this a bug, or intentional? > > I can't think of a reason why it works this way. And the trailing space > is useless. So we should call it a bug. > > What should happen if the second line is blank, not empty? The spec apparently says that blank lines are also not resulting in a trailing space: 1. Discard leading <space> characters from the line to be joined. 2. If the line to be joined is now empty, delete it, and skip steps 3 through 5. -- hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: 78. You find yourself dialing IP numbers on the phone. /// Bram Moolenaar -- b...@moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/201911121926.xACJQwXE009034%40masaka.moolenaar.net.
