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Re: emacs-26 275e735: More changes in the Emacs manuals
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Robert Pluim |
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Re: emacs-26 275e735: More changes in the Emacs manuals |
Date: |
Mon, 19 Feb 2018 17:50:59 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.91 (gnu/linux) |
address@hidden (Eli Zaretskii) writes:
> You can use a numeric argument before a self-inserting character to
> insert multiple copies of it. This is straightforward when the
> -character is not a digit; for example, @kbd{C-u 6 4 a} inserts 64
> +character is not a digit; for example, @address@hidden 6 4 a}} inserts 64
> copies of the character @samp{a}. But this does not work for
> -inserting digits; @kbd{C-u 6 4 1} specifies an argument of 641. You
> -can separate the argument from the digit to insert with another
> address@hidden; for example, @kbd{C-u 6 4 C-u 1} does insert 64 copies of
> -the character @samp{1}.
> +inserting digits; @address@hidden 6 4 1}} specifies an argument of 641.
> +You can separate the argument from the digit to insert with another
> address@hidden; for example, @address@hidden 6 4 C-u 1}} does insert 64 copies
> +of the character @samp{1}.
>
'does insert' => 'inserts'. There's no contrasting with a previous
'does not' phrase going on.
> The @dfn{state} of the group indicates whether setting in that group
> -has been edited, set or saved. @xref{Changing a Variable}.
> +has been edited, set, or saved. @xref{Changing a Variable}.
Are we standardising on the Oxford comma now? I heartily approve.
Robert
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