Why do I find ^L in elisp code?

[Christopher Dimech]

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.
> >
> >
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