micro-editor / micro-editor/micro
Micro opens DOS format files as UNIX format
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Description
Description of the problem or steps to reproduce
- The option
"fileformat": "dos"is correctly set in <settings.json>. - When creating new files, Micro correctly creates and saves as DOS, and opens the same file as DOS.
- But then, I open any file with the DOS format (CRLF) and it's actually opened as UNIX, and saved as UNIX.
- Micro doesn't seem to correctly recognize CRLF.


However, after the previous test I added a fifth empty line and Micro now sees the file correctly as DOS:


So.. Micro seems to only recognize and save to the DOS format if there's a CRLF at the end, an empty line. But this is a problem.. I've tried about a dozen of scripts and it almost always wrongfully sets the UNIX format. In fact, I noticed this after Micro had changed a bunch of files I had been working on, changing them to the UNIX format.
Specifications
Commit hash: b9763856
OS: Windows 10
Terminal: ConEmu/CMD/PowerShell
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Research direction
Reproduce the problem with a short CRLF file on the stated Windows terminal environments, comparing files with and without a final empty line. Then trace Micro's file-format detection and saving behavior; done means existing CRLF files are recognized and saved as DOS without requiring a trailing empty line.
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Assessment
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- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100