From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: larsi@gnus.org, 18083@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18083: 24.4.50; (emacs) Arguments and (elisp) Prefix Command Arguments
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 08:33:44 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83oa8rvex3.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <75d42f7e-707b-44e9-90b1-9b5d04207961@default> (message from Drew Adams on Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:01:41 -0700 (PDT))
> Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:01:41 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: 18083@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> > > Both of these nodes speak of `M--', `M-3', etc. They should also
> > > mention the equivalent `C--', `C-3', etc.
> >
> > I wonder whether the reason they aren't mentioned is that they're
> > deprecated or something? Anybody know?
>
> No, they are not deprecated. Presumably they are not mentioned
> because they are not available in some Emacs terminal sessions.
>
> That doesn't mean we shouldn't mention them - we should just
> point out that they might not be available in some contexts.
FWIW, I know about them, but never use them. So I'm not sure we
should mention them in the manual.
> They are particularly handy if you are using prefix args
> a lot or repetitively, as they use the same modifier as `C-u'.
> And they are somewhat easier for some people to type on some
> (common) keyboards.
I'm probably missing something because I don't see how both of the
above is not true about M-3 etc.
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2014-07-22 19:51 bug#18083: 24.4.50; (emacs) Arguments and (elisp) Prefix Command Arguments Drew Adams
2016-04-29 22:15 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-04-29 23:01 ` Drew Adams
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2016-04-30 15:16 ` Drew Adams
2016-04-30 15:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2016-04-30 17:12 ` Drew Adams
2016-04-30 17:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
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