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From: mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Inserting 100 zeroes
Message-ID: <1293@mcgill-vision.UUCP>
Date: 9 Sep 88 05:31:11 GMT
References: <3999@freja.dk> <12012@steinmetz.ge.com> <1588@daimi.UUCP>
Organization: McGill University, Montreal
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In article <1588@daimi.UUCP>, jnp@daimi.UUCP (J|rgen N|rgaard) writes:
> 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?
>> 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.

This is *comp*.emacs, not *gnu*.emacs, though I must admit it sometimes
does seem rather like the latter.

In *our* emacs, ^U 1 0 0 ^Q 0 works just fine.  Yes, I tried it.
(Which emacs?  A Gosling derivative.)

					der Mouse

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