Re: C-u 1 inserts four "1" characters?

[pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon)]

John Bokma <john@castleamber.com> writes:

> pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon) writes:
>
>> Sean McAfee <eefacm@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> I almost always specify command prefix arguments by holding down the
>>> meta key while I type the argument digits.  But just now I tried
>>> specifying the prefix by typing C-u followed by the digits, and as soon
>>> as I typed the first digit, four copies of the digit were inserted into
>>> my current buffer!
>>>
>>> Further experimentation showed that it didn't matter how many times I
>>> type C-u prior to typing the first digit; four copies are always
>>> inserted (not 16, 64, etc).  Also, if I type a hyphen following the C-u,
>>> I get four hyphens in my buffer.
>>>
>>> Anyone have any idea why this could be happening?
>>
>> This is specified and documented that way.  C-u x is four xs.
>>
>> If you want a different number, then type it: C-u 10 x is ten xs.
>
> From what I understand Sean's complaint is that
>
> C-u 3  gives 3333
> C-u -  gives ----
>
> So, if he tries 
>
> C-u 10 x
>
> he gets
>
> 11110x
>
> not
>
> xxxxxxxxxx


Indeed, he wrote that.
Sorry, I just demonstrated poor reading skills...  must be tired.


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