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Re: [PATCH] maint: remove form feed characters from sources
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Jim Meyering |
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Re: [PATCH] maint: remove form feed characters from sources |
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Sun, 13 Dec 2015 18:53:21 -0800 |
On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 6:41 PM, Pádraig Brady <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 14/12/15 01:57, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Pádraig Brady <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> maint: remove form feed characters from sources
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>>> These are no longer useful and can impact viewing
>>> patches in some mail programs for example.
>>>
>>> * src/cksum.c: Remove ^L characters.
>>> * src/comm.c: Likewise.
>>> * src/kill.c Likewise.
>>> * src/ln.c Likewise.
>>> * src/nl.c Likewise.
>>> * src/pr.c Likewise.
>>> * src/ptx.c Likewise.
>>> * src/split.c Likewise.
>>> * src/tr.c Likewise.
>>> * src/tsort.c Likewise.
>>> * src/uniq.c Likewise.
>>> * src/wc.c Likewise.
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>> Great! Thank you.
>> Perhaps add a syntax-check rule too?
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> Not likely to be be reintroduced, but fair enough :)
> I used $'\f' in the rule below to avoid using a literal ^L,
> as it should be well supported by developer shells.
Thank you. I like that.
Actually, it's not too far-fetched that *I* would risk
reintroducing a use while merging one or two
long-pending patches.