From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: describe-bindings: ^L, bad order, naming Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 15:26:57 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <200511112126.jABLQvM23506@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <200511112049.jABKn9r23432@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <5CFC1BD0-4EE5-438E-AFC5-EC025E11450A@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1131744514 12947 80.91.229.2 (11 Nov 2005 21:28:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 21:28:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 11 22:28:33 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EagRK-0008CI-A1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 22:28:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EagRJ-0006DZ-Lz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 16:28:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EagQb-0005yW-9h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 16:27:21 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EagQZ-0005wM-5S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 16:27:20 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EagQZ-0005wD-0h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 16:27:19 -0500 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EagQZ-0003qb-0f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 16:27:19 -0500 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.13.3+Sun/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jABLRGjW014532; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 15:27:16 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id jABLQvM23506; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 15:26:57 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: david.reitter@gmail.com In-reply-to: <5CFC1BD0-4EE5-438E-AFC5-EC025E11450A@gmail.com> (message from David Reitter on Fri, 11 Nov 2005 21:16:04 +0000) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.1 (manatee.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.104]); Fri, 11 Nov 2005 15:27:16 -0600 (CST) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:45777 Archived-At: On 11 Nov 2005, at 20:49, Luc Teirlinck wrote: > > ^L is by no means an obscure character, although it might be obscure > for people who never print plaintext buffers. I just typed ^L in Google and I couldn't find the meaning. I tried to use the Help menu to find it in the Emacs manual, to no avail. (Maybe I didn't search correctly, but I did what a naive user would do.). I also checked "Emacs Terminology" and couldn't find it. Sorry to say, but yes, it is obscure. C-h i emacs m pages, but really, all you have to do is print off a buffer containing ^L's once and you will notice. Sincerely, Luc.