From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: problem repeat entry for a number Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:49:17 -0700 Message-ID: References: <87pqcp0yec.fsf@mithlond.arda><874ntzh5zu.fsf@gnuvola.org><87vcmffp6t.fsf@gnuvola.org><87mx7mqda4.fsf@gnuvola.org> <874ntskcch.fsf@gnuvola.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1331653811 8826 80.91.229.3 (13 Mar 2012 15:50:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:50:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: "'Thien-Thi Nguyen'" , "'source liu'" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 13 16:50:09 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 1S7TzA-0000n7-T2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:50:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36231 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S7TzA-0006OY-A3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:50:04 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:41486) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S7Tyi-00069I-6v for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:50:00 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S7Tyc-0001Gc-1n for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:49:35 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet15.oracle.com ([141.146.126.227]:30879) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S7Tyb-0001G1-Rk for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:49:29 -0400 Original-Received: from ucsinet21.oracle.com (ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93]) by acsinet15.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2) with ESMTP id q2DFnNqw023261 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:49:24 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt356.oracle.com (acsmt356.oracle.com [141.146.40.156]) by ucsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q2DFnMg8021597 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:49:22 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt114.oracle.com (abhmt114.oracle.com [141.146.116.66]) by acsmt356.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id q2DFnL5h022585; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:49:21 -0500 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.34.183) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:49:21 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <874ntskcch.fsf@gnuvola.org> Thread-Index: Ac0BBs3ut4YuzHJQQq+AdzGjLeKH6gAKO3Yw X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-Source-IP: ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93] X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090206.4F5F6C84.0058,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-Received-From: 141.146.126.227 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:84023 Archived-At: > In the first way, we could read it as [correct]: > C-u (following the digits or minus sign) ends the argument. ... > In the second way, we could read it as: > ((C-u following the digits) or (minus sign)) ends the argument. ... > Is there anything you would > suggest to the Emacs hackers for the purpose of improving the > text so that it expresses well (unambiguously and in good style) > the _correct_ description (the first way) of the behavior? Following the digits or minus sign, C-u ends the argument. or If hit again after typing the digits or minus sign, C-u ends the argument. or To end the argument, hit C-u after typing the digits or minus sign.