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From: jnp@daimi.UUCP (J|rgen N|rgaard)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Inserting 100 zeroes
Message-ID: <1588@daimi.UUCP>
Date: 31 Aug 88 07:26:13 GMT
References: <3999@freja.dk> <12012@steinmetz.ge.com>
Reply-To: jnp@callisto.UUCP (J|rgen N|rgaard)
Organization: DAIMI: Computer Science Department, Aarhus University, Denmark
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In article <12012@steinmetz.ge.com> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes:
>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
>| (lines deleted)
>
>  You should be able to use the "quote" key between the repeat count and
>the digit to be repeated.

Aha. (n)Ever tried ?

Numerals _ARE_ special.