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Re: Should page break (^L) work as paragraph element separator and be in


From: Tim Cross
Subject: Re: Should page break (^L) work as paragraph element separator and be included into Org syntax? (was: [BUG] org-fill-paragraph doesn't handle ^L correctly [9.5.4 (release_9.5.4-19-g4dff42 @ /home/matt/Code/emacs/lisp/org/)])
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2022 06:13:43 +1000
User-agent: mu4e 1.9.0; emacs 29.0.50

Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> writes:

> On 26/09/2022 18:39, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
>> Should we add page break (^L) to our syntax? It sounds like a reasonable
>> addition for a text-based markup.
>
> I do not have strong opinion. It is a control character while I prefer 
> explicit markup and
> printable characters or commands in such case. On the other hand the 
> character is widely
> used in .el files.
>
> Users may expect \newline when ^L is exported to LaTeX.

I think I'm with you as well. I don't have a strong opinion and while
personally, I don't like control characters used as part of the syntax,
^L is often used in elisp files, so ......




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