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RE: [External] : Re: Why do I find ^L in elisp code?


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: [External] : Re: Why do I find ^L in elisp code?
Date: Sat, 22 May 2021 19:14:38 +0000

> $ ascii \^L
> ASCII 0/12 is decimal 012, hex 0c, octal 014, bits 00001100: called ^L,
> FF
> Official name: Form Feed
> C escape: '\f'
> Other names:
> 
> man ascii(1)
> 
> actually it is: ?\f

Yes, and Emacs tells you all about how it's used in Emacs,
for page-oriented commands.

`C-h r i formfeed'

That takes you to node `Pages' of the Emacs manual:

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Pages.html



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