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, > > > > -- > > Raul > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
