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| Command | Key Binding | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
forward-page | ‘C-x ]’ | Move forward to page boundary |
backward-page | ‘C-x [’ | Move backward to page boundary |
mark-page | ‘C-x C-p’ | Put mark at end of page, point at beginning |
narrow-to-page | ‘C-x n p’ | Mark text outside page invisible. |
A ‘page’ is anything delimited by the character defined in the variable ‘page-delimiter’, which defaults to the control code ‘^L’, also known as the ASCII control code ‘form feed’.
In some LISP circles, it is common to group things by pages and as Emacs has close ties to the LISP community it comes with a battery of commands to interact with pages.