I think keeping them in for the sake of one editor is not a good reason. I think they make the code look messy and dated, personally.
On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 11:24 AM Edward Welbourne <edward.welbou...@qt.io> wrote: > On Fri, 2020-09-18 at 10:59 -0500, Pete Dietl wrote: > > >> Why are there so many form feeds in the source? > > > > Paul Smith (18 September 2020 18:12) replied: > > > That was the style that Roland used when the code was written: form > > > feeds were used inside a source file to separate major functions. > > > > > > I guess it hails from a time when it wasn't that unusual to print out > > > your code to physical paper, on a printer, and read it that way. Then > > > it would be nice to have a major function start at the top of the > > > page. > > > > In emacs, at least, the editor provides easy commands to jump to the > > start or end of the present "page" - i.e. the last or next form-feed - > > and this can be a great convenience for moving through a file, jumping > > to the start of a *logical* page, rather than paging down by whatever > > screen-full your present screen-size gives you. I, for one, find such > > markers useful in emacs. > > > > They are harmless, let them be ! > > > > Eddy. > >
