[climacs-devel] #\Page etc.

[Robert Strandh]

John Q Splittist writes:
 > Some of the most fun lisp (and other) files to look at/test Climacs with 
 > contain #\Page characters. A quick fix for having them display is to 
 > treat #\Page (and, while we're at it) #\Return characters as #\Spaces. 
 > Simply change the #\Space ecase in the handle-whitespace defun of your 
 > favourite syntax(es) to (#\Space #\Page #\Return), and you too can see 
 > classic files in Climacs!

Would you have time to submit a patch?

 > 1. This is certain not The Right Way, but it seems to work in the 
 > interim. Displaying (presenting) a ^L or #\Page would be better...

I wonder whether there might be a font that has glyphs for these
characters that will fit in the same space as a printing character. 
-- 
Robert Strandh

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