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


From: Emanuel Berg
Subject: Re: [External] : The `^L' appeared in built-in help.
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2021 04:53:28 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux)

Drew Adams wrote:

>> Any hints for this phenomenon?
>
> A form-feed char (Control L) has from the outset been used
> as an ASCII control character, to cause a new page to be
> advance (fed) on old printers.

But they are also transformed into buttons, a pretty exotic
interactive feature, in `gnus-article-mode' buffers :)



innit?

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