Alright I concede. As long as people are getting use out of them and they are not vestigial, then they have reason to stay of course.
On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 2:57 PM Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org> wrote: > > From: Pete Dietl <petedi...@gmail.com> > > Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:33:58 -0500 > > Cc: bug-make <bug-make@gnu.org>, Edward Welbourne < > edward.welbou...@qt.io>, p...@mad-scientist.net > > > > Would it also be a reasonable request then to add in vim markers for > custom folding or indentation/formatting > > directives? > > Why not? > > > Also, the space between form feeds sometimes goes well beyond a typical > terminal screen. For instance in > > variable.c, there is one at line 178 and the next is on line 301 and > then at 448. Those are probably not > > particularly useful for anyone (correct me if I'm wrong). > > The "page" doesn't have to fit on a screen. Those markers serve as > page delimiters, where each "page" covers one of the subjects covered > by the entire file. So these markers are for easy movement between > these parts of the file, not for displaying them in their entirety on > the screen. > > Think about chapters in a text document -- these markers separate > such "chapters", and Emacs offers commands to move to the Nth next or > previous "chapter". >
