Re: The `^L' appeared in built-in help.

[Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>]

Hongyi Zhao wrote:

> 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.

Here are mine, C-x 8 RET 6 RET



and C-x 8 RET c RET

\f

and M-x insert-char RET form feed (ff) RET

\f

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

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