FF is actually pretty commonly used in source code... I use it all the time
in python and rust.
It's actually used as part of the GNU C coding standard, according to
wikipedia (pretty sure that's where I picked it up...)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_break#Semantic_use


On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 5:55 PM Eric Iverson <[email protected]>
wrote:

> In linux jconsole input ctrl+l, is not treated as LF. Instead it scrolls
> down the page.
>
> I think you will find that ctrl+l will behave differently on many different
> hosts, terminal managers, J front ends, etc. I think making it behave in a
> useful way and the same way in all cases is not possible. And including it
> is a script introduces a whole new level of complication.
>
> Before changing the JE, the use case should be studied and probably
> revisited.
>
>
>
> And it is unlikely to be consistent with other languages.
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 5:37 PM Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 4:55 PM chris burke <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > > I think FF is normally considered to be whitespace, so it can be
> treated
> > > like LF.
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitespace_character
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
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> > Raul
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