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From: Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
To: Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu>,
	help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: The `^L' appeared in built-in help.
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 17:40:42 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGP6POJE4kBVz=cXAc6Pk5iyq0wkptSO_3X_Wz776z0a6y_XhA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87czrv7qlm.fsf@zoho.eu>

On Tue, Jul 6, 2021 at 5:13 PM Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU
Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> Hongyi Zhao wrote:
>
> >>>> "C-x 8 RET c" --->  `^F'
> >>>> "C-x 8 RET FORM FEED (FF)" --->  `^L'
> >>>
> >>> I get ^L for both
> >>>
> >>> of
> >>>
> >>> them
> >>
> >> Strange. See the screenshot in attachment.
> >
> > And see the `M-x describe-char RET' for it in the attachment.
>
> ?
>
> It says you input it with `C-x 8 RET 6', which is correct?
> You get it with `C-x 8 RET c', for real? In that case I don't
> know?
>

The screenshot is generated by `C-x 8 RET c', but `M-x describe-char
RET' for the result character says that it should be input by `C-x 8
RET 6', as you can see in the screenshot. So, I'm confused on this
problem.

> Increase the face size? :P That's a "c" as in "cipher"...
>

I still can't understand what is your meaning.

Regards
-- 
Assoc. Prof. Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
Theory and Simulation of Materials
Hebei Vocational University of Technology and Engineering
NO. 552 North Gangtie Road, Xingtai, China



  reply	other threads:[~2021-07-06  9:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-07-06  2:34 The `^L' appeared in built-in help Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-06  2:46 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-07-06  2:53   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-06 14:56     ` Drew Adams
2021-07-06 15:56       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-06 17:04         ` Drew Adams
2021-07-06 17:12           ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-06  2:51 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-06  3:44   ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-06  4:06     ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-06  8:26       ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-06  8:31         ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-06  9:12           ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-06  9:40             ` Hongyi Zhao [this message]
2021-07-06 10:06               ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-06 11:07                 ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-06 11:22                   ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-06 11:55                     ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-06 12:09                       ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-06 16:13                       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-06 16:12                     ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-07  3:03                       ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-13  3:06                         ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-06 16:12                   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-07  1:40                     ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-13  3:07                       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-18  6:34                         ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-19  0:27                           ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-20  1:27       ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-20  1:42         ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-07-20  2:02           ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-20  4:28             ` Drew Adams
2021-07-20  5:56               ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-20 10:29                 ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-20 14:48                   ` Drew Adams
2021-07-20 16:28                   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-21  2:03                     ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-21  2:26                       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-21  4:44                         ` Drew Adams
2021-07-21  7:15                           ` Regexp for matching control character, say, FORM FEED. (Was: Re: The `^L' appeared in built-in help.) Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-21 17:08                             ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-07-22  1:13                               ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-22  1:28                                 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-22  1:39                                   ` Drew Adams
2021-07-22  1:42                                     ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-22  3:52                                       ` Drew Adams
2021-07-22  4:14                                         ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-22  8:04                                           ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-22 13:56                                           ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-22 14:38                                             ` tomas
2021-07-22 14:53                                               ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-22 15:01                                                 ` tomas
2021-07-22 15:21                                                   ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-22 22:07                                                 ` [External] : Re: Regexp for matching control character, say, FORM FEED Michael Heerdegen
2021-07-23  1:09                                                   ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-22 17:07                                             ` [External] : Re: Regexp for matching control character, say, FORM FEED. (Was: Re: The `^L' appeared in built-in help.) Drew Adams
2021-07-22 17:11                                               ` tomas
2021-08-01  2:41                                                 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-22  8:06                                 ` tomas
2021-07-22  9:45                                   ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-22 10:06                                     ` tomas
2021-07-22 10:27                                       ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-07-22 12:14                                         ` tomas
2021-08-01  2:31                                   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-07-06  4:19 ` The `^L' appeared in built-in help 2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE
2021-07-06  4:29   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor

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