From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Corey Foote Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Inserting numeric characters multiple times Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:08:10 -0500 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_2474df43-d7fb-4e1b-b916-103d135b773c_" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1231862928 3616 80.91.229.12 (13 Jan 2009 16:08:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:08:48 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 13 17:10:01 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LMlpy-0005RC-Cj for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:09:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58968 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LMloh-0002hZ-HH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:08:35 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LMloM-0002hK-Ta for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:08:14 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LMloK-0002h8-0v for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:08:14 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34500 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LMloJ-0002h5-S4 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:08:11 -0500 Original-Received: from blu0-omc4-s27.blu0.hotmail.com ([65.55.111.166]:25685) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LMloJ-00023v-G2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:08:11 -0500 Original-Received: from BLU105-W4 ([65.55.111.137]) by blu0-omc4-s27.blu0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:08:10 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [75.67.96.217] Importance: Normal X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Jan 2009 16:08:10.0778 (UTC) FILETIME=[216987A0:01C97599] X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1+ X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:61299 Archived-At: --_2474df43-d7fb-4e1b-b916-103d135b773c_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Normally when I want to insert a single character multiple times I type C-u N and then the character=2C where N is the number of time = I want it inserted. How would I do this if the character was a number? Thanks! _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live=99 Hotmail=AE: Chat. Store. Share. Do more with mail.=20 http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=3DTXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_hm_justgotbetter_expl= ore_012009= --_2474df43-d7fb-4e1b-b916-103d135b773c_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Normally when I want to insert a single character mu= ltiple times I type C-u N and then the character=2C where N is the number of time = I want it inserted. How would I do this if the character was a number?

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