From: Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com>
To: Emacs-Devel devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Where does the magic 4 (C-u) come from?
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:00:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7b501d5c0907311000m1153712bl3118d24e384965fb@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
Hi
I just had a discussion on #emacs on freenode about the origin of the
behavior of C-u and the multiplying by 4. None of us could find any
information about why 4 was chosen and if this behavior has been
borrowed from somewhere else.
So I figured someone here ought to know... What is the origin of the magic 4?
--
Deniz Dogan
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2009-07-31 17:00 Deniz Dogan [this message]
2009-07-31 17:20 ` Where does the magic 4 (C-u) come from? Thomas Lord
2009-08-01 3:22 ` Richard Stallman
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