# HG changeset patch
# User Torsten Lilge <ttl-octave@mailbox.org>
# Date 1582870094 -3600
# Node ID 908bdd05398a714b0d70e9b23af2f82d701f8d94
# Parent  33d89d314d4332f7ec49501e75366cef5bba65e7
do not add a newline on empty editor files (bug #57861)

* file-editor-tab.cc (do_save_file): also check file length
  before adding a newline while saving the file

diff -r 33d89d314d43 -r 908bdd05398a libgui/src/m-editor/file-editor-tab.cc
--- a/libgui/src/m-editor/file-editor-tab.cc	Thu Feb 27 23:22:30 2020 +0100
+++ b/libgui/src/m-editor/file-editor-tab.cc	Fri Feb 28 07:08:14 2020 +0100
@@ -2313,7 +2313,8 @@
     QApplication::setOverrideCursor (Qt::WaitCursor);
 
     out << m_edit_area->text ();
-    if (settings->value (ed_force_newline).toBool ())
+    if (settings->value (ed_force_newline).toBool ()
+        && m_edit_area->text ().length ())
       out << eol_string ();   // Add newline if desired
 
     out.flush ();