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From: someone@jhunix (Mike Benefield)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: ^L
Message-ID: <4013@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Date: 22 Jan 90 02:11:04 GMT
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Reply-To: someone@jhunix (Mike Benefield)
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Organization: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY INC.
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I'm not a new user but there is something that has eluded me for quite
some time now.  I see people use the symbol "^L" in posts to stop the
screen from scolling.  It is most often used as a warning for
"spoilers".  How is this done????

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 Mike Benefield                                                          
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 2. never play cards with a man called Doc, and
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