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From: geigel@soleil.UUCP (jogle)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Inserting 100 zeroes
Summary: Not the best way but...
Message-ID: <378@soleil.UUCP>
Date: 29 Aug 88 17:20:25 GMT
References: <3999@freja.dk>
Organization: somewhere over the rainbow
Lines: 13

In article <3999@freja.dk>, seindal@freja.dk (Rene' Seindal) writes:
> 
> How do I insert one hundred zeroes in a buffer?  For any non-digit character I
> just do "C-u 1 0 0 <ch>", but of course, this does not work for digits.  How
> can it be done, less of typing 100 zeroes manually.

   One way you can do it is by typing (C-u 1 0 0 C-q 0 6 0) with 060 being the
   octal ascii code for the digit "0".  This requires of course that you have
   the ascii value for the digits at the top of your head.  This is A way
   to do it, not necessarily the BEST way.

 
                                                 -- jogle
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