From 1ca7486dc6b8d4a3d23c65c64f7512df012e7b92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Moosems <95927277+Moosems@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 05:33:35 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Check that the file has a character to reference

---
 porcupine/plugins/trailing_newline.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/porcupine/plugins/trailing_newline.py b/porcupine/plugins/trailing_newline.py
index bdbc1103d..da9509738 100644
--- a/porcupine/plugins/trailing_newline.py
+++ b/porcupine/plugins/trailing_newline.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 def on_save(event: tkinter.Event[tabs.FileTab]) -> None:
     if event.widget.settings.get("insert_final_newline", bool):
         textwidget = event.widget.textwidget
-        if textwidget.get("end - 2 chars", "end - 1 char") != "\n":
+        char = textwidget.get("end - 2 chars", "end - 1 char")
+        if char and char != "\n":
             # doesn't end with a \n yet, be sure not to annoyingly move the
             # cursor like IDLE does
             cursor = textwidget.index("insert")