Re: Form Feed characters in *Compile-Log*

> Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 21:26:16 +0200
> From: "R. Diez" <[email protected]>
> 
> Hi all:
> 
> Why does the *Compile-Log* (elisp-compile) buffer use the ASCII Form Feed character (the ugly ^L below) to separate compilations?
> Example output:
> 
> --------8<--------8<--------
> ^L
> Compiling file /home/rdiez/some_file.el at Sat Jun  6 19:04:21 2026
> ^L
> Compiling file /home/rdiez/some_file at Sat Jun  6 19:04:32 2026
> ^L
> Compiling internal form(s) at Sat Jun  6 19:10:18 2026
> --------8<--------8<--------
> 
> Is this ASCII FF some standard way to easily separate compilation runs? How would you normally take advantage of that separation?

This allows you to move between compilations with forward-page and
backward-page.