Variable: print-escape-newlines

print-escape-newlines is a variable defined in print.c.

Value

nil

Documentation

Non-nil means print newlines in strings as \n.

Also print formfeeds as \f.

View in manual

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 18.

Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/print.c
  DEFVAR_BOOL ("print-escape-newlines", print_escape_newlines,
	       doc: /* Non-nil means print newlines in strings as `\\n'.
Also print formfeeds as `\\f'.  */);