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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "'Thien-Thi Nguyen'" <ttn@gnuvola.org>,
	"'source liu'" <sourceonly@gmail.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: RE: problem repeat entry for a number
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:49:17 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CFC583040873400BB4B547C428B45A35@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874ntskcch.fsf@gnuvola.org>

> In the first way, we could read it as [correct]:
> C-u (following the digits or minus sign) ends the argument.
... 
> In the second way, we could read it as:
> ((C-u following the digits) or (minus sign)) ends the argument.
...
> Is there anything you would
> suggest to the Emacs hackers for the purpose of improving the
> text so that it expresses well (unambiguously and in good style)
> the _correct_ description (the first way) of the behavior?

Following the digits or minus sign, C-u ends the argument.

or

If hit again after typing the digits or minus sign, C-u ends the argument.

or

To end the argument, hit C-u after typing the digits or minus sign.




  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-03-13 15:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-07  3:03 problem repeat entry for a number source liu
2012-03-07  3:42 ` Jambunathan K
2012-03-07  4:13   ` source liu
2012-03-07  5:00     ` Deniz Dogan
2012-03-07  8:59       ` source liu
2012-03-07  5:32 ` Teemu Likonen
2012-03-07  9:01   ` source liu
2012-03-08  8:05     ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2012-03-08  8:17       ` source liu
2012-03-08  8:54         ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2012-03-08  9:25           ` source liu
2012-03-12 11:17             ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2012-03-13  3:13               ` source liu
2012-03-13 10:46                 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2012-03-13 15:34                   ` source liu
2012-03-14  7:22                     ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2012-03-14  8:46                       ` source liu
2012-03-13 15:49                   ` Drew Adams [this message]
2012-03-14  2:12                     ` source liu

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