From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: source liu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: problem repeat entry for a number Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 12:13:27 +0800 Message-ID: References: <81pqcp13hc.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1331093617 27910 80.91.229.3 (7 Mar 2012 04:13:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 04:13:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Jambunathan K Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 07 05:13:37 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1S58Fs-0006wa-AS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Mar 2012 05:13:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40996 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S58Fr-0005uU-DZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:13:35 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:37870) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S58Fn-0005uO-3m for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:13:32 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S58Fl-0007WR-Fo for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:13:30 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pz0-f52.google.com ([209.85.210.52]:60064) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S58Fl-0007WH-72 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:13:29 -0500 Original-Received: by dadp12 with SMTP id p12so6392001dad.39 for ; Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:13:27 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=gKqOi5UDCyqaQd1SX8DDrFELTM7c1hwuvI3o6rUqhqE=; b=o7dM+LjnRrK3B2FRWcbUtDkvsb2sAL0vvXgCporRXsNW7dNkC2WpOtMnMqUE1HosME SPkiSJ1cntj4ZhudgTmGtB0wEmalwFye1Qd7PqFvIduz8uHjsCUDqoThzhD7bumYT9FB N1Z0QKXydzaAEj/VceIR3THoc3BXdi87ODY37kwuOvUu8kSNxY76Rv+M3uhnaPTRM7yp HwPJwqXxgQDlShmnpxcrCzJITrtM3Z1CdEpgYmfcwQ+ttJeJYCnhaN0JoLrBM9CNBPM4 IuLf/jhoCCoYk/kpS7Ti0vEv3fWgoVs/WD8n2vEFqGp4AF+2Li0cQpcqDrqK7cPRIEsZ /FSg== Original-Received: by 10.68.225.198 with SMTP id rm6mr1586024pbc.65.1331093607109; Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:13:27 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.143.58.4 with HTTP; Tue, 6 Mar 2012 20:13:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <81pqcp13hc.fsf@gmail.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 209.85.210.52 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:83959 Archived-At: Jambunathan, Yes, it works, thanks. I didn't even though of C - q can be used as this Thanks another question: C-q can quote output C - a --- C - z, respectively, while not for available C - i and C - j, why? On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Jambunathan K wro= te: > source liu writes: > >> hi list, >> >> i know one should repeat a command by C-u + + command, =A0for >> 'aaaaaaa' just type C-u 8 a. >> >> but i've come across to a problem such as '99999999', =A0that doesn't >> work properly i'm afraid. C-u 9 9 would treat the 9 9 as '99' which >> means 99 times and expecting next input. =A0Is there any suggestion to >> input such a case. > > C-u 9 C-q 9 > > -- --=20 Liu An Institution of modern physics, Shanghai, China