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Re: Where does the magic 4 (C-u) come from?
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Thomas Lord |
Subject: |
Re: Where does the magic 4 (C-u) come from? |
Date: |
Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:20:23 -0700 |
On Fri, 2009-07-31 at 19:00 +0200, Deniz Dogan wrote:
> Hi
>
> I just had a discussion on #emacs on freenode about the origin of the
> behavior of C-u and the multiplying by 4. None of us could find any
> information about why 4 was chosen and if this behavior has been
> borrowed from somewhere else.
>
> So I figured someone here ought to know... What is the origin of the magic 4?
I don't know the historical answer but
4 is a natural choice if you count key
presses:
x 1
x x 2
x x x 3
C-u x 3
4 is the least, useful magic number (the
comma matters :-)
-t