From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hongyi Zhao Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: The `^L' appeared in built-in help. 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So, I'm confused on this problem. > > > > > > > > Here are mine, C-x 8 RET 6 RET > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and C-x 8 RET c RET > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and M-x insert-char RET form feed (ff) RET > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The char that looks like ^F is: > > > > > > > > position: 894 of 959 (93%), restriction: <544-960>, column: 0 > > > > character: C-f (displayed as C-f) (codepoint 6, #o6, #x6) > > > > charset: ascii (ASCII (ISO646 IRV)) > > > > code point in charset: 0x06 > > > > script: latin > > > > syntax: . which means: punctuation > > > > to input: type "C-x 8 RET 6" or "C-x 8 RET ACKNOWLEDGE" > > > > buffer code: #x06 > > > > file code: #x06 (encoded by coding system utf-8-emacs) > > > > display: terminal code #x06 > > > > hardcoded face: escape-glyph > > > > > > > > Character code properties: customize what to show > > > > old-name: ACKNOWLEDGE > > > > general-category: Cc (Other, Control) > > > > > > > > There are text properties here: > > > > fontified t > > > > > > > > and the char that looks like ^L is: > > > > > > > > position: 950 of 1750 (54%), restriction: <544-1751>, column: 0 > > > > character: C-l (displayed as C-l) (codepoint 12, #o14, #xc) > > > > charset: ascii (ASCII (ISO646 IRV)) > > > > code point in charset: 0x0C > > > > script: latin > > > > syntax: which means: whitespace > > > > to input: type "C-x 8 RET c" or "C-x 8 RET FORM FEED (FF)" > > > > buffer code: #x0C > > > > file code: #x0C (encoded by coding system utf-8-emacs) > > > > display: terminal code #x0C > > > > hardcoded face: escape-glyph > > > > > > > > Character code properties: customize what to show > > > > old-name: FORM FEED (FF) > > > > general-category: Cc (Other, Control) > > > > > > > > There are text properties here: > > > > fontified t > > > > > > > > > > I find the clues: if I run `emacs -Q', the results will be the same as > > > yours. If I run `emacs', the problem reported here will happen. So > > > the problem is triggered by some configurations in my > > > `~/.emacs.d/init.el'. But I still can't find out the specific > > > configuration which caused the problem. > > > > I found the reason: it is caused by the following configuration: > > > > ``` > > (straight-use-package > > `(swiper :type git :host github :repo "abo-abo/swiper" > > :pre-build ( > > ;("bash" "-c" "cd ~/.emacs.d/straight/repos/swiper") > > ;https://github.com/abo-abo/swiper/issues/2886#issuecomment-860605327 > > ("make" "deps") > > ("make" "compile") > > ))) > > > > (require 'ivy) > > (ivy-mode 1) > > (setq ivy-use-virtual-buffers t) > > (setq ivy-count-format "(%d/%d) ") > > ``` > > > > But I still can't figure out why this configuration will trigger the > > above problem. > > I've filed a bug report on . I also tried with helm, , and found that it also has the same problem. Regards -- Assoc. Prof. Hongyi Zhao Theory and Simulation of Materials Hebei Vocational University of Technology and Engineering NO. 552 North Gangtie Road, Xingtai, China