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Re: Why do I find ^L in elisp code?
From: |
Omar Polo |
Subject: |
Re: Why do I find ^L in elisp code? |
Date: |
Sat, 22 May 2021 17:58:02 +0200 |
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mu4e 1.4.15; emacs 28.0.50 |
Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com> writes:
> 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
I'm not an emacs dev, but I find the form feed handy. Emacs (what other
editors do shouldn't be too much important, should we drop elisp too
since no other editors has a lisp core? :P) has some really handy
functions to handle pages, I encourage you to try to use them sometimes.
It's not really hard to type, just a C-q C-l, and, at least here on
emacs on x11, it's rendered as '^L'. I've seen tricks to render it as
an horizontal rule.
>> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 3:30 AM
>> From: "arthur miller" <arthur.miller@live.com>
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>> <2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE@potatochowder.com>, "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org"
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>> 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 --------
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>> Datum: 2021-05-22 17:23 (GMT+01:00)
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>> 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.
>>
>>
- Re: 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?, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/05/22
- Re: Why do I find ^L in elisp code?, Omar Polo, 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?, arthur miller, 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?, 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, 2021/05/22
- Re: Why do I find ^L in elisp code?, Emanuel Berg, 2021/05/22