From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: john@ankarstrom.se (John =?utf-8?Q?Ankarstr=C3=B6m?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Changing the factor used in universal arugment Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2017 01:56:29 +0200 Message-ID: <878tkhndn6.fsf@ankarstrom.se> References: <87injle87j.fsf@vicarie> <02fcac74-058e-90c7-4868-3472e604b558@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1498348629 31384 195.159.176.226 (24 Jun 2017 23:57:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2017 23:57:09 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 25 01:57:01 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dOuvF-0007ib-M3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Jun 2017 01:57:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40760 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dOuvK-0006LD-PG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Jun 2017 19:57:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35736) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dOuup-0006Kw-EQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Jun 2017 19:56:36 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dOuul-0001XS-Ds for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Jun 2017 19:56:35 -0400 Original-Received: from pusjkin.ankarstrom.se ([2a01:7e01::f03c:91ff:fed5:73aa]:48666) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dOuul-0001X8-5s for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Jun 2017 19:56:31 -0400 Original-Received: from vm-linux (c83-252-75-131.bredband.comhem.se [83.252.75.131]) by pusjkin.ankarstrom.se (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 859C63EEFB for ; Sun, 25 Jun 2017 01:56:29 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=ankarstrom.se; s=default; t=1498348589; bh=SfYamJ5dkzd27UydIU5aFpprJslEIaYK60FZaKzk3nQ=; h=From:To:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=M/SNp4j4dMxWEAxFvYiPuNQkVFhvX5UVrEQHmEdzwgB+7wZ8aXGrnEj37elkMIyc4 LHG/5Lo8u+f9pTSTiufRjfX/3zJhDTPE/kYYK38cSSMiAnaJtEjxpeRdYrIqofq4+j OsHKH8EdlYjDeJ30YPVegf5HZdRVybCciVirAAqM= In-Reply-To: <02fcac74-058e-90c7-4868-3472e604b558@gmail.com> (Udyant Wig's message of "Sat, 24 Jun 2017 23:12:34 +0530") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2a01:7e01::f03c:91ff:fed5:73aa X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:113560 Archived-At: Udyant Wig writes: > What precisely do you have in mind? What do you want to achieve? If > the default value of C-u, which is 4, is too blunt an instrument for > your purpose, have you tried the arbitrary numeric prefixes, say, C-3 or > M-5, just to specify two? This! C-2 is just as simple as C-u. The only difference is you can't multiply it, like C-u C-u C-u. - John