* C-u 1 inserts four "1" characters?
@ 2010-09-11 23:39 Sean McAfee
2010-09-11 23:49 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2010-09-12 9:29 ` Stefan Monnier
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Sean McAfee @ 2010-09-11 23:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
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?
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* Re: C-u 1 inserts four "1" characters?
2010-09-11 23:39 C-u 1 inserts four "1" characters? Sean McAfee
@ 2010-09-11 23:49 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2010-09-12 0:59 ` John Bokma
2010-09-12 9:29 ` Stefan Monnier
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Pascal J. Bourguignon @ 2010-09-11 23:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
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.
--
__Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/
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* Re: C-u 1 inserts four "1" characters?
2010-09-11 23:49 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
@ 2010-09-12 0:59 ` John Bokma
2010-09-12 1:45 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: John Bokma @ 2010-09-12 0:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
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
--
John Bokma j3b
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* Re: C-u 1 inserts four "1" characters?
2010-09-12 0:59 ` John Bokma
@ 2010-09-12 1:45 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Pascal J. Bourguignon @ 2010-09-12 1:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
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.
--
__Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/
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* Re: C-u 1 inserts four "1" characters?
2010-09-11 23:39 C-u 1 inserts four "1" characters? Sean McAfee
2010-09-11 23:49 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
@ 2010-09-12 9:29 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-09-13 17:45 ` Sean McAfee
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Monnier @ 2010-09-12 9:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
> 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!
That would be a bug. I can't reproduce it, so first try it with
"emacs -Q" and if you can't reproduce there, try and prune your .emacs
until you figure out which part is the culprit.
Stefan
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* Re: C-u 1 inserts four "1" characters?
2010-09-12 9:29 ` Stefan Monnier
@ 2010-09-13 17:45 ` Sean McAfee
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Sean McAfee @ 2010-09-13 17:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> 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!
>
> That would be a bug. I can't reproduce it, so first try it with
> "emacs -Q" and if you can't reproduce there, try and prune your .emacs
> until you figure out which part is the culprit.
After restarting Emacs, I now can't reproduce it either.
My previous session had been running for a couple of months, at least.
I installed a few new packages and did a lot of messing around in
*scratch*, so perhaps one of those activities modified the way C-u
works and I just didn't notice for a while. Hard to imagine how that
could happen by accident, though.
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