RE: some vi equivalents please?

[Drew Adams]

> > To loop with a keyboard macro:
> > `C-x e e e e e e e e'... or `C-u 1000 C-x e'
> 
> C-u 0

Yes, good reminder.

It all depends on what you want. If you want to check the result each time
before repeating, then `C-x e e e'.... If you want to repeat only N times, then
`C-u N C-x e'. if you want to repeat forever or until error, then `C-u 0 C-x e'.

And of course `C-h k C-x e' explains this - much quicker than help-gnu-emacs.
;-)