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Why do I find ^L in elisp code?
From: |
Christopher Dimech |
Subject: |
Why do I find ^L in elisp code? |
Date: |
Sat, 22 May 2021 19:32:41 +0200 |
Don't always use emacs. Bluefish uses an Ascii Box. In othels, quite some
funny
renderings.
> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 4:27 AM
> From: "arthur miller" <arthur.miller@live.com>
> To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> Subject: RE: Why do I find ^L in elisp code?
>
> You read Emacs source in other text editor then Emacs? 🙄
>
> As Eli and someone else wrote, Emacs has page oriented commands to navigate
> text.
>
>
>
> -------- Originalmeddelande --------
> Från: Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>
> Datum: 2021-05-22 17:47 (GMT+01:00)
> Till: arthur miller <arthur.miller@live.com>
> Kopia: 2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE@potatochowder.com, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Ämne: Why do I find ^L in elisp code?
>
> Is it still useful in new code?
>
> The Form Feed is hard to type. Most text editors do not provide easy ways to
> type it.
> 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.
>
> Regards
> Christopher
>
>
> > Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 3:30 AM
> > From: "arthur miller" <arthur.miller@live.com>
> > To: "2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE@potatochowder.com"
> > <2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE@potatochowder.com>, "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org"
> > <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> > Subject: RE: Why do I find ^L in elisp code?
> >
> > If you are going to contribute a patch, don't remove them. I Was told ....
> > 😀
> >
> >
> > -------- Originalmeddelande --------
> > Från: 2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE@potatochowder.com
> > Datum: 2021-05-22 17:23 (GMT+01:00)
> > Till: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> > Ämne: Re: Why do I find ^L in elisp code?
> >
> > On 2021-05-22 at 16:53:33 +0200,
> > Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Why do I find ^L in elisp code?
> >
> > Printers interpret U+000C FORM FEED as, well, a form feed, aka a page
> > break. In the days of paper printers, it was a way to force the printer
> > to start a new page. Yes, much existing elisp is that old.
> >
> >
>
- Why do I find ^L in elisp code?, (continued)
- Re: Why do I find ^L in elisp code?, Emanuel Berg, 2021/05/22
- Re: Why do I find ^L in elisp code?, 2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE, 2021/05/22
- Re: Why do I find ^L in elisp code?, Emanuel Berg, 2021/05/22
- Re: Why do I find ^L in elisp code?, 2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE, 2021/05/22
- Re: Why do I find ^L in elisp code?, Emanuel Berg, 2021/05/22
- RE: Why do I find ^L in elisp code?, arthur miller, 2021/05/22
- Why do I find ^L in elisp code?,
Christopher Dimech <=
- Re: Why do I find ^L in elisp code?, Emanuel Berg, 2021/05/22
- Re: Why do I find ^L in elisp code?, Christopher Dimech, 2021/05/22
- music with/from Emacs (was: Re: Why do I find ^L in elisp code?), Emanuel Berg, 2021/05/22
- Re: music with/from Emacs, Arthur Miller, 2021/05/22
- Re: music with/from Emacs, Emanuel Berg, 2021/05/22
- Re: music with/from Emacs, Arthur Miller, 2021/05/22
- Re: music with/from Emacs, Emanuel Berg, 2021/05/22
- Re: music with/from Emacs, Emanuel Berg, 2021/05/23
- Re: music with/from Emacs, Arthur Miller, 2021/05/24
- Re: Why do I find ^L in elisp code?, Jean Louis, 2021/05/22