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Script section dividers

Going back to 1995, I've always used some fashion of script dividers. What I mean by script dividers are those empty scripts that simply serve the purpose of creating logical divisions amongst groups of related scripts. I'm sure you've seen them. They sometimes look like this.

------- Startup Scripts -------

It used to be that I would use the same number of dashes (since dashes allow for the most white space between the scripts above and below) on either side of the divider name. However, over the recent years, I've been using dashes only on the left hand side and pushing the divider name out much farther. Such as this...

---------------------------------------------- Startup Scripts

To further differentiate your scripts from the dividers, create a strong visual distinction by using all caps.

---------------------------------------------- STARTUP SCRIPTS

By doing this, you'll find that scanning for your dividers versus scanning the names of your scripts becomes much easier. You've set your divider scripts out and apart from the rest of your scripts!
Contributed by Matt