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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 |
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Mon, 19 Feb 2018 18:46:06 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.91 (gnu/linux) |
Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
>> From: Robert Pluim <address@hidden>
>> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
>> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 17:50:59 +0100
>>
>> > 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.
>
> Yes, there is such a contrast: note the "does not work" part.
>
If it said 'does not insert' I'd agree with you.