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

[Emanuel Berg]

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?
>
> You can also customize how you want ^L chars displayed, to
> appear as better page separators. See Pretty Control L:
>
> https://emacswiki.org/emacs/PrettyControlL
>
> https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/download/pp-c-l.el

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Why is there such big interest in this?

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