From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Deniz Dogan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Where does the magic 4 (C-u) come from? Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:00:40 +0200 Message-ID: <7b501d5c0907311000m1153712bl3118d24e384965fb@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1249059657 24711 80.91.229.12 (31 Jul 2009 17:00:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:00:57 +0000 (UTC) To: Emacs-Devel devel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 31 19:00:51 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MWvTK-0007rJ-QQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:00:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44912 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MWvTK-0001OI-CJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:00:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MWvTG-0001Me-Jk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:00:42 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MWvTG-0001Ly-7Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:00:42 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36598 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MWvTG-0001Lu-4Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:00:42 -0400 Original-Received: from ey-out-1920.google.com ([74.125.78.145]:42412) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MWvTF-0000W3-Ib for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:00:41 -0400 Original-Received: by ey-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 5so559918eyb.24 for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:00:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Fm8GBW7dxw3vq7HfR3VwNnbmjyLZ9MTh0pw+TjS7mCc=; b=LOdAjJElEI0mJLBh/JxUIT20SMYZTVkObch2atodMf8J35aw0KIaKPE0xQxJb0kjI+ VaiGRlL/YZ91uYSaFDl7lrvMMSwnfk4zXwDQ41QW4zD4LbBiHNcfcQ5tDQP2KVu/LC3D nC+F3vvoBnfzxjy3YKicjEJckJlZy4c5ZmqCI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=SW07JaAmod4X2V2FrVmvqBE8Cdg6YPD3PAln5eJvWUOrZkIbdgifrWEba7RQ71/ErB SdULrOuvfGfILiOPGi1HL1J2S6CYwYEj6dgLmZWzkdszqChJWgXhzc6T7Q/BKtXh5g/b Lh1Xp/BMnjHWSaQPtctPg55QrQRP0S69aLUM8= Original-Received: by 10.210.53.6 with SMTP id b6mr1148202eba.76.1249059640650; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:00:40 -0700 (PDT) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:113465 Archived-At: 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