From: Roland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 1994 22:42:28 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (print): If print_escapes_newlines, print '\f' as "\\f".
X-Git-Tag: emacs-19.34~9999
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c6f7982f439b770453e6aaee93053b9a11db61cb;p=emacs.git

(print): If print_escapes_newlines, print '\f' as "\\f".
(syms_of_print): Update docstring.
---

diff --git a/src/print.c b/src/print.c
index 1ea6d8573ef..8e4a05fe3af 100644
--- a/src/print.c
+++ b/src/print.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Lisp object printing and output streams.
-   Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1988, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1988, 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
@@ -793,6 +793,11 @@ print (obj, printcharfun, escapeflag)
 		  PRINTCHAR ('\\');
 		  PRINTCHAR ('n');
 		}
+	      else if (c == '\f' && print_escape_newlines)
+		{
+		  PRINTCHAR ('\\');
+		  PRINTCHAR ('f');
+		}
 	      else
 		{
 		  if (c == '\"' || c == '\\')
@@ -1069,7 +1074,8 @@ A value of nil means no limit.");
   Vprint_level = Qnil;
 
   DEFVAR_BOOL ("print-escape-newlines", &print_escape_newlines,
-    "Non-nil means print newlines in strings as backslash-n.");
+    "Non-nil means print newlines in strings as backslash-n.
+Also print formfeeds as backslash-f.");
   print_escape_newlines = 0;
 
   /* prin1_to_string_buffer initialized in init_buffer_once in buffer.c */