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

[Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>]

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On Tue, Jul 6, 2021 at 4:26 PM Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jul 6, 2021 at 12:07 PM Emanuel Berg via Users list for the
> GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hongyi Zhao wrote:
> >
> > > But `M-x describe-char RET' for `^L' in scratch buffer shows
> > > the following:
> > >
> > > to input: type "C-x 8 RET c" or "C-x 8 RET FORM FEED (FF)"
> > >
> > > And the above-mentioned two type input sequences will
> > > generated different characters:
> > >
> > > "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.

>
> >
> > > Are there some built-in Emacs commands for searching this
> > > mail archive conveniently?
> >
> > Yes, Gnus and Gmane, the mailing list help-gnu-emacs is then,
> > as an NNTP group, called gmane.emacs.help.
> >
> > --
> > underground experts united
> > https://dataswamp.org/~incal
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> 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



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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

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