Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!gatech!ncar!ames!necntc!dandelion!ulowell!cg-atla!duane From: duane@cg-atla.UUCP (Andrew Duane) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: Inserting 100 zeroes Summary: easier way Message-ID: <5717@cg-atla.UUCP> Date: 30 Aug 88 19:04:37 GMT References: <3999@freja.dk> <280@hropus.UUCP> Organization: Compugraphic Corp., Wilmington, Mass Lines: 19 In article <280@hropus.UUCP>, jgy@hropus.UUCP (John Young) writes: > > How do I insert one hundred zeroes in a buffer? For any non-digit character I > > just do "C-u 1 0 0 ", but of course, this does not work for digits. > > Try "C-u 1 0 0 C-q 0 6 0" > The ^Q lets you follow with the 3 digit octal code of the character With C-q you need not type in the octal code. Try: C-u 1 0 0 C-q 0 Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7) w:(508)-658-5600 X5993 h:(603)-434-7934 Compugraphic Corp. decvax!cg-atla!duane 200 Ballardvale St. ulowell/ \laidback Wilmington, Mass. 01887 cbosgd!ima/ \cgeuro Mail Stop 200II-3-5S ism780c/ \wizvax Only my cat shares my opinions, and she's breaking in the new help.