Emacs: Form Feed ^L (Page Break)

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .

What is Form Feed

By convention, Emacs Lisp community uses the invisible Form Feed character (codepoint 12) as source code section marker. 〔see ASCII Characters〕

It is displayed as ^L.

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Insert Form Feed Character

To insert form feed character, press Ctrl+q Ctrl+l.

Move Cursor to Prev/Next Formfeed

Move cursor to the prev/next page break:

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