Post #1706123
2026-04-10 12:19 UTC
TIL: "Please use formfeed characters (control-L) to divide the program into pages at logical places (but not within a function). It does not matter just how long the pages are, since they do not have to fit on a printed page. The formfeeds should appear alone on lines by themselves." (GNU Coding Standards)
Replies (3)
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@remmy@social.treehouse.systems 2026-04-10 12:42
@skade That's is wild, and I kind of like the idea?
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@tedmielczarek@mastodon.social 2026-04-10 14:20
@skade I've contributed patches to several GNU projects over the years but I don't remember ever actually doing this unless Emacs inserted them on my behalf (which is entirely plausible).
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@michalfita@mastodon.social 2026-04-10 15:52
@skade Never seen that rule before. It wouldn't survive CRLF conversion by git today.