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 19:41:40 +0200 Message-ID: <87lgogotgr.fsf@ankarstrom.se> References: <87injle87j.fsf@vicarie> <02fcac74-058e-90c7-4868-3472e604b558@gmail.com> <878tkhndn6.fsf@ankarstrom.se> <87o9tckuai.fsf@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1498412547 29684 195.159.176.226 (25 Jun 2017 17:42:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2017 17:42:27 +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 19:42:21 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 1dPBY8-00079S-FE for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Jun 2017 19:42:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43335 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dPBYD-000737-B9 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Jun 2017 13:42:21 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58975) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dPBXh-00072q-Vz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jun 2017 13:41:50 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dPBXe-0003eP-23 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jun 2017 13:41:50 -0400 Original-Received: from pusjkin.ankarstrom.se ([172.104.152.215]:53020) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dPBXd-0003dt-Ri for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jun 2017 13:41:46 -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 803DB3EF03 for ; Sun, 25 Jun 2017 19:41:41 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=ankarstrom.se; s=default; t=1498412501; bh=QRDrak7hgxuJQZSXIQDDzsPmtWFkli5Fo1MjNiE+jAI=; h=From:To:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=VQjOKKp+CZ9hsz5dCYfAmrfyp95uTB6Uggf7H/UEpqNUb1wM0//3eY6PPeYFU6Wda lHc0FfESb+l2kx/tv/MZZGUR+PW12lfXekTPWMzWLdZ2FZb97SC76JHpQ+AHzToMzL 2+RD6KowtZ/CzI7DKcWdvi/GHlfXi6S1m0Ca2G1g= In-Reply-To: <87o9tckuai.fsf@debian.uxu> (Emanuel Berg's message of "Sun, 25 Jun 2017 16:37:25 +0200") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 172.104.152.215 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:113569 Archived-At: Emanuel Berg writes: > john@ankarstrom.se (John Ankarstr=C3=B6m) writes: > >> 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. > > `C-u 2' (or C-u whatever) is even more simple and it > doesn't get more arbitrary than that. Well, possibly > papal rule in the Vatican was even more arbitrary... C-2 is arguably simpler than C-u 2, as the latter requires more keypresses, but in the end, who cares? :-) - John