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Re: Universal Prefix Argument using M-1..9 and C-1..9
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: Universal Prefix Argument using M-1..9 and C-1..9 |
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Mon, 02 Nov 2020 21:39:21 +0200 |
> Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2020 19:32:41 +0000
> From: jai-bholeki via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
> <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
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> A related question is why Emacs uses different keybindings (e.g. M-1..9 and
> C-1..9)
> to do exactly the same thing
Because, depending on the command to which you want to give an
argument, it can be very convenient. For example, if the command is
C-f, it is much easier to type "C-8 C-f" than "M-8 C-f", because for
the former you can press and hold Ctrl, then type 8 followed by f. By
contrast, if the command you need to type is M-f, it is easier to type
"M-8 M-f", for the same reasons.