From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Christopher Dimech Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Why do I find ^L in elisp code? 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Sometimes I see an ASCII art box=2E Regards Christopher > Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 3:30 AM > From: "arthur miller" > To: "2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE@potatochowder=2Ecom" <2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE@potatochowd= er=2Ecom>, "help-gnu-emacs@gnu=2Eorg" > Subject: RE: Why do I find ^L in elisp code? > > If you are going to contribute a patch, don't remove them=2E I Was told= =2E=2E=2E=2E =F0=9F=98=80 >=20 >=20 > -------- Originalmeddelande -------- > Fr=C3=A5n: 2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE@potatochowder=2Ecom > Datum: 2021-05-22 17:23 (GMT+01:00) > Till: help-gnu-emacs@gnu=2Eorg > =C3=84mne: Re: Why do I find ^L in elisp code? >=20 > On 2021-05-22 at 16:53:33 +0200, > Christopher Dimech wrote: >=20 > > Why do I find ^L in elisp code? >=20 > Printers interpret U+000C FORM FEED as, well, a form feed, aka a page > break=2E In the days of paper printers, it was a way to force the print= er > to start a new page=2E Yes, much existing elisp is that old=2E >=20 >