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This seems related: http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#index-control_002dL http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#index-contr.... That'
by unwind 11y ago
This seems related: http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#index-control_002dL http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#index-contr....
That's a part of the GNU Coding Standards which say:
Please use formfeed characters (control-L) to divide the program into pages at logical places (but not within a function)..
I always found that particularly archaic.
And yes, of course I realize that vertical tab and form feed are distinct characters.
- froydnj 11y agoObviously it's helpful for printing things. Less obviously, emacs has commands that navigate by logical pages (C-x [, C-x ]). And of course you can adjust the regex that denotes logical pages.
- wtbob 11y ago^L is supported in most pagers and news clients to split pause scrolling, so this makes sense.