Yeah. Or at least that's the only way I've ever seen it used. It was originally literally to feed a new form into your printer when you were printing your source code, so it really doesn't make sense anywhere else.
On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 6:22 PM Eric Iverson <[email protected]> wrote: > Is it used only when alone on a line? Things get messier when it is allowed > anywhere, > > On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 6:10 PM Michal Wallace <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > 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 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
