"different carriage returns" warning popup even for single file

[nod5]

If we from the folder comparison results list select a file with "right only" or "left only" status and press "Enter" WinMerge opens it in a split view tab. The file contents is on one side and the other side is blank. Sometimes this triggers the warning popup "These files use different carriage returns". For example if the existing file used Unix style EOL and the blank half, for some reason, expects Windows style EOL.

Is that a bug? If not then consider this a feature request: make the blank side by default mimic the existing file's EOL style.

[sdottaka]

I don't consider this a bug, but I can understand the annoyance.

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I often want the diff to show EOL differences, but not in this kind of case when there is only one file and a blank pane. Also not in some other cases.

I wish the EOL char diff options worked like this instead:

1. The existing Options > Compare > General > Ignore Carriage Return Differences checkbox lets the user set a default that applies each time a new comparison tab is opened.

2. A toolbar icon and hotkey is added to quickly toggle EOL diffing on/off for the active tab only.

3. The statusbar field for EOL style ("Windows", "Unix", ...) changes color or in some other subtle way signals if there are any EOL differences in the compared documents. This would be a separate hint that always shows and would not be affected by the Ignore Carriage Return Differences setting or the quick toggle state.

I know we can click the arrow next to the options icons on the toolbar and toggle the setting there, but that takes more steps than a single click/hotkey and is a global setting. (That said adding a hotkey to toggle that global setting would be an improvement and I imagine a much smaller code change than my 123 proposal above.)

I also wish the EOL chars were visible as separate characters e.g. CR and LF symbols instead of the current down-left arrow symbol. That would be useful for example in cases where a single file contains different EOL characters.