[not really] QFile open for append adding extra newline 8-(

[johnea]

This seems like it should be so easy 8-(

I have a text file, something like this:
@
line1
line2
line3
@

There is no empty line at the end.

I open the file in append mode and create a QTextStream.

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QFile file(filename);
file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Append | QIODevice::Text);
QTextStream out(&file);
@

If I write without inserting '\n' (or endl) the text goes right on the of the last line:

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out << "line4";
@

The file now looks like this:
@
line1
line2
line3line4
@

However if I insert '\n' (or endl) there is always an empty line between the previous EOF and the line I append:

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out << endl << "line4";
@

The file now looks like this:
@
line1
line2
line3

line4
@

Is there some way to append without creating this extra empty line?

Thanks for any tips!!!

johnea

[johnea]

This was VIM's fault 8-(

It adds an EOL at the end that it doesn't show.

You can prevent this by using ":set binary"

Sorry, Operator error...

johnea