Re: many ^L in the files

["Jose A. Ortega Ruiz" <jao gnu org>]

Timo Korvola <Timo Korvola iki fi> writes:

> Christopher Bratusek <nano-master gmx de> writes:
>> shouldn't those ^L in the source files be removed?
>
> ^L is form feed and is generally used to force a page change when
> printing.  I don't see why they should be removed, even if people
> don't print out sources as often as they used to.

In addition, editors usually provide commands for navigating through
pages (e.g., C-x] and C-x[ in emacs). They work very nicely as a way
of structuring large source files in sections.

jao
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