Re: emacs-26 275e735: More changes in the Emacs manuals

[Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
>> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 17:50:59 +0100
>> 
>> >    You can use a numeric argument before a self-inserting character to
>> >  insert multiple copies of it.  This is straightforward when the
>> > -character is not a digit; for example, @kbd{C-u 6 4 a} inserts 64
>> > +character is not a digit; for example, @w{@kbd{C-u 6 4 a}} inserts 64
>> >  copies of the character @samp{a}.  But this does not work for
>> > -inserting digits; @kbd{C-u 6 4 1} specifies an argument of 641.  You
>> > -can separate the argument from the digit to insert with another
>> > -@kbd{C-u}; for example, @kbd{C-u 6 4 C-u 1} does insert 64 copies of
>> > -the character @samp{1}.
>> > +inserting digits; @w{@kbd{C-u 6 4 1}} specifies an argument of 641.
>> > +You can separate the argument from the digit to insert with another
>> > +@kbd{C-u}; for example, @w{@kbd{C-u 6 4 C-u 1}} does insert 64 copies
>> > +of the character @samp{1}.
>> >
>> 
>> 'does insert' => 'inserts'. There's no contrasting with a previous
>> 'does not' phrase going on.
>
> Yes, there is such a contrast: note the "does not work" part.
>

If it said 'does not insert' I'd agree with you.