From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Teemu Likonen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: problem repeat entry for a number Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:32:11 +0200 Message-ID: <87pqcp0yec.fsf@mithlond.arda> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1331098353 21707 80.91.229.3 (7 Mar 2012 05:32:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 05:32:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: source liu Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 07 06:32:32 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1S59UE-00053m-BO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Mar 2012 06:32:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58717 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S59UD-0005xe-BK for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:32:29 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:60055) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S59U8-0005xV-1P for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:32:25 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S59U6-00061G-BV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:32:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mta-out.inet.fi ([195.156.147.13]:46311 helo=kirsi1.inet.fi) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S59U6-00060i-4e for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:32:22 -0500 Original-Received: from mithlond.arda (84.251.132.215) by kirsi1.inet.fi (8.5.140.02) id 4EB3D1E8063642B2; Wed, 7 Mar 2012 07:32:12 +0200 Original-Received: from dtw by mithlond.arda with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1S59Tv-0000lN-L6; Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:32:11 +0200 In-Reply-To: (source liu's message of "Wed, 7 Mar 2012 11:03:24 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.94 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 195.156.147.13 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:83961 Archived-At: * source liu [2012-03-07 11:03:24 +0800] wrote: > i know one should repeat a command by C-u + + command, for > 'aaaaaaa' just type C-u 8 a. > > but i've come across to a problem such as '99999999', that doesn't > work properly i'm afraid. C-u 9 9 would treat the 9 9 as '99' which > means 99 times and expecting next input. Is there any suggestion to > input such a case. The Emacs Editor manual teaches to use C-u to terminate a numeric argument: M-9 C-u 9 C-u 9 C-u 9 (info "(emacs) Arguments")