From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Universal Prefix Argument using M-1..9 and C-1..9
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2020 21:39:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83k0v3czva.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <-A6183yV5lWjZfhDiIe3o7_xpnosqMpY3r5xZ2z1IlTo-S386ZfCHWIARLbc9UOAZBm77T64TZIQPUcDKYPPUDJrGLYjF8Z3JS7dv5Ddw8k=@protonmail.com> (message from jai-bholeki via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor on Mon, 02 Nov 2020 19:32:41 +0000)
> Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2020 19:32:41 +0000
> From: jai-bholeki via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
>
> A related question is why Emacs uses different keybindings (e.g. M-1..9 and C-1..9)
> to do exactly the same thing
Because, depending on the command to which you want to give an
argument, it can be very convenient. For example, if the command is
C-f, it is much easier to type "C-8 C-f" than "M-8 C-f", because for
the former you can press and hold Ctrl, then type 8 followed by f. By
contrast, if the command you need to type is M-f, it is easier to type
"M-8 M-f", for the same reasons.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-02 19:39 UTC|newest]
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2020-11-02 19:32 Universal Prefix Argument using M-1..9 and C-1..9 jai-bholeki via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-11-02 19:39 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2020-11-02 20:01 ` jai-bholeki
2020-11-02 21:01 ` Stefan Monnier
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