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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> > You read Emacs source in other text editor then Emacs? =F0=9F=99=84 >=20 > As Eli and someone else wrote, Emacs has page oriented commands to navig= ate text=2E >=20 >=20 >=20 > -------- Originalmeddelande -------- > Fr=C3=A5n: Christopher Dimech > Datum: 2021-05-22 17:47 (GMT+01:00) > Till: arthur miller > Kopia: 2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE@potatochowder=2Ecom, help-gnu-emacs@gnu=2Eorg > =C3=84mne: Why do I find ^L in elisp code? >=20 > Is it still useful in new code? >=20 > The Form Feed is hard to type=2E Most text editors do not provide easy = ways to type it=2E > Could emacs cease using invisible glyphs as they could be are confusing = and hard to read > and type? Sometimes I see an ASCII art box=2E >=20 > Regards > Christopher >=20 >=20 > > Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 3:30 AM > > From: "arthur miller" > > To: "2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE@potatochowder=2Ecom" <2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE@potatocho= wder=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 to= ld =2E=2E=2E=2E =F0=9F=98=80 > > > > > > -------- 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? > > > > On 2021-05-22 at 16:53:33 +0200, > > Christopher Dimech wrote: > > > > > Why do I find ^L in elisp code? > > > > 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 pri= nter > > to start a new page=2E Yes, much existing elisp is that old=2E > > > > >