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From: Urs =?UTF-8?Q?Jan=C3=9Fen?= <urs@buil.tin.org>
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Subject: Re: tin: article stubs one line short
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 09:58:18 -0000 (UTC)
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Anton Shepelev wrote:
> It is not a bug in the editor, because regarless of the editor `tin'
> 2.6.3 on FreeBSD 14.1 pre-generates an article with /only one/ empty
> line at the end instead of two.  `tin' 2.6.2 (on a remote system I
> use) pre-genenerates articles with two empty lines at the end. I
> think it is an error in `tin' 2.6.3.  Or can this have been changed
> intentionally?

kinda, just tested it with an editor which doesn't complain _and_ jumps
one line _past_ the last line if called with +N > lines_in_file (e.g.
nano, joe, ...). I'll revert that change (= adding an additional
\n to the stub):

=== modified file 'src/post.c'
--- old/src/post.c	2024-09-17 13:26:24 +0000
+++ new/src/post.c	2024-09-21 09:52:00 +0000
@@ -2895,6 +2895,7 @@
 
 	start_line_offset = msg_write_headers(fp) + 1;
 	msg_free_headers();
+	fprintf(fp, "\n");			/* add a newline to keep vi from bitching */
 
 	start_line_offset += msg_add_x_body(fp, group->attribute->x_body);
 


meanwhile you might be able to use something like (depends on your $SHELL)
editor_format=%E +$((%N - 1)) %F