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. Regards -- Assoc. Prof. Hongyi Zhao Theory and Simulation of Materials Hebei Vocational University of Technology and Engineering NO. 552 North Gangtie Road, Xingtai, China