On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 6:41 PM, Pádraig Brady <[email protected]> wrote: > On 14/12/15 01:57, Jim Meyering wrote: >> On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Pádraig Brady <[email protected]> wrote: >>> maint: remove form feed characters from sources >>> >>> 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. >> >> Great! Thank you. >> Perhaps add a syntax-check rule too? > > 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.
