From 9fd9a3d91ea2dea1d846a462e2778b8f69a57330 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gunnar Ritter <gritter@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 14:48:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] * When the name of a nonexisting file is given with the
 'edit' ex command,   the command now succeeds and prints a "[New file]"
 message.

---
 Changes   |  5 ++++-
 ex_addr.c | 15 +++++++++++----
 ex_io.c   |  7 +++++--
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 4901874..e1b209f 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ Release ...
 * The argument to the -w option is correctly recognized now.
 * If the SHELL environment variable is set to the empty string, it is now
   ignored.
-* A non-null exit status is now returned if a file could not be opened.
+* A non-null exit status is now returned if a file could not be opened, or
+  if an invalid address is given for a command.
 * If the match for a substitution is of length zero, a line overflow is
   now avoided when compiled with the 'UNIX(R) Regular Expression Library'.
 * When moving left while the cursor is positioned over a multicolumn
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ Release ...
   processed first, i.e. the command is executed at the position where
   the tag was found.
 * The -w option now also sets the scroll size for the 'z' command.
+* When the name of a nonexisting file is given with the 'edit' ex command,
+  the command now succeeds and prints a "[New file]" message.
 
 Release 1/19/05
 * The last release erroneously made 'X' work like 'x' in visual mode. It now
diff --git a/ex_addr.c b/ex_addr.c
index 225eb9c..ffd8db8 100644
--- a/ex_addr.c
+++ b/ex_addr.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 
 #ifndef	lint
 #ifdef	DOSCCS
-static char sccsid[] = "@(#)ex_addr.c	1.9 (gritter) 11/23/04";
+static char sccsid[] = "@(#)ex_addr.c	1.10 (gritter) 2/17/05";
 #endif
 #endif /* not lint */
 
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ setdot1(void)
 		addr1 = addr2 = dot;
 	if (addr1 > addr2) {
 		notempty();
+		failed = 1;
 		error(catgets(catd, 1, 6,
 			"Addr1 > addr2|First address exceeds second"));
 	}
@@ -197,9 +198,11 @@ void
 setnoaddr(void)
 {
 
-	if (addr2 != 0)
+	if (addr2 != 0) {
+		failed = 1;
 		error(catgets(catd, 1, 8,
 				"No address allowed@on this command"));
+	}
 }
 
 /*
@@ -366,12 +369,16 @@ error(catgets(catd, 1, 11, "No match to TOP|Address search hit TOP without match
 			if (addr != zero)
 				notempty();
 			addr += lastsign;
-			if (addr < zero)
+			if (addr < zero) {
+				failed = 1;
 				error(catgets(catd, 1, 15,
 				"Negative address@- first buffer line is 1"));
-			if (addr > dol)
+			}
+			if (addr > dol) {
+				failed = 1;
 				error(catgets(catd, 1, 16,
 					"Not that many lines@in buffer"));
+			}
 			return (addr);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/ex_io.c b/ex_io.c
index fa5a29b..4d9c3db 100644
--- a/ex_io.c
+++ b/ex_io.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 
 #ifndef	lint
 #ifdef	DOSCCS
-static char sccsid[] = "@(#)ex_io.c	1.38 (gritter) 2/13/05";
+static char sccsid[] = "@(#)ex_io.c	1.39 (gritter) 2/17/05";
 #endif
 #endif
 
@@ -421,8 +421,11 @@ rop(int c)
 			 * If the user just did "ex foo" he is probably
 			 * creating a new file.  Don't be an error, since
 			 * this is ugly, and it screws up the + option.
+			 *
+			 * POSIX.2 specifies that this be done for all
+			 * "edit" commands, not just for the first one.
 			 */
-			if (!seenprompt) {
+			if (1 || !seenprompt) {
 				printf(catgets(catd, 1, 90, " [New file]"));
 				noonl();
 				return;