Re: problem repeat entry for a number

[source liu]

Every time I post my question out indices i missed the manual some
where! How sad! :(


Thank you for the altered way to do this

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> wrote:
> * source liu [2012-03-07 11:03:24 +0800] wrote:
>
>> i know one should repeat a command by C-u + <num> + command,  for
>> 'aaaaaaa' just type C-u 8 a.
>>
>> but i've come across to a problem such as '99999999', that 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. Is there any suggestion to
>> input such a case.
>
> The Emacs Editor manual teaches to use C-u to terminate a numeric
> argument:
>
>    M-9 C-u 9
>    C-u 9 C-u 9
>
> (info "(emacs) Arguments")



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