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From: earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Inserting 100 zeroes
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Date: 27 Aug 88 07:04:50 GMT
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In article <3999@freja.dk> seindal@freja.dk (Rene' Seindal) writes:
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>How do I insert one hundred zeroes in a buffer?
...
>I know it is a silly question.  I just wondered.

ESC 1 0 0 C-q 0 6 0

C-q [0-7][0-7][0-7] lets you insert octal characters into the buffer.
To get 100 sevens, type ESC 100 C-q 0 6 7.  To get any of the other
digits between zero and seven, interpolate.


Earle R. Horton.