From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Thomas Lord <lord@emf.net>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Where does the magic 4 (C-u) come from?
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:22:13 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1MX5Aj-0008L8-2Q@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1249060823.6160.60.camel@dell-desktop.example.com> (message from Thomas Lord on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:20:23 -0700)
> So I figured someone here ought to know... What is the origin of the magic 4?
I don't know the historical answer but
4 is a natural choice if you count key
presses:
The quantities 4, 16 and 64 seem convenient for repeat counts of
motion commands. A base larger than 4 would make them too far apart.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-08-01 3:22 UTC|newest]
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2009-07-31 17:00 Where does the magic 4 (C-u) come from? Deniz Dogan
2009-07-31 17:20 ` Thomas Lord
2009-08-01 3:22 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
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