[WHL] Re: [WHL] Re: Question about usage of C-number and M-number

[Adrian Aichner]

"Ben Wing" <ben at 666.com> writes:

> That's not quite what I meant; what I meant is, if you use C-num or
> M-num to specify numeric arguments to another command, which one do
> you use?

I'm in the Control Camp.

>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Adrian Aichner [mailto:adrian at xemacs.org] 
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 1:56 AM
>> To: Ben Wing
>> Cc: 'Adrian Aichner'; 'Johann Myrkraverk Oskarsson'; 'XEmacs Beta'
>> Subject: [WHL] Re: [WHL] Re: Question about usage of C-number 
>> and M-number
>> 
>> 
>> "Ben Wing" <ben at 666.com> writes:
>> 
>> > This link appears broken:
>> 
>> Myrkraverk, where is that mode now?
>> 
>> >
>> > http://www.myrkraverk.com/~myrkraverk/window-number.el
>> >
>> > In any case, adrian, which [if either] do you use for 
>> digit-argument?
>> 
>> Ben, in window-meta-mode that would be just M-0, M-1, ...
>> 
>> In window-number-mode it's
>> C-x C-j 0 ((lambda nil (interactive) 
>> (window-number-select-nth 0))) and so on.
>> 
>> Adrian
>> 
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Adrian Aichner [mailto:adrian at xemacs.org]
>> >> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 6:07 PM
>> >> To: Ben Wing; Johann Myrkraverk Oskarsson
>> >> Cc: 'XEmacs Beta'
>> >> Subject: [WHL] Re: Question about usage of C-number and M-number
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> "Ben Wing" <ben at 666.com> writes:
>> >> 
>> >> > I have made up some very useful functions which make it 
>> easy to cut
>> >> > and paste to registers.  The idea is that C-num copies 
>> text to the 
>> >> > specified register and M-num pastes the text.  C-M-num 
>> appends to a 
>> >> > register, and adding S- to either C- or C-M- cuts instead 
>> >> of copying.
>> >> >
>> >> > I've written these so that the use of C-num does not 
>> interfere with
>> >> > its use for digit-argument, since it only takes effect when 
>> >> a region
>> >> > is active.
>> >> >
>> >> > I'm thinking of putting these into XEmacs, but I want to know:
>> >> >
>> >> > Do people tend to use C-num or M-num for digit-argument?  I
>> >> can revise
>> >> > the keybindings so that either one remains, but I'd like to know
>> >> > current usage.
>> >> 
>> >> Ben, could you please also review
>> >> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.xemacs.patches/4588
>> >> which might not be entirely unrelated.
>> >> 
>> >> I am refering to the gmane archives, because I can't figure
>> >> out how to hit this in our own :-(
>> >> 
>> >> The patch proposes to support numbered access to windows in XEmacs.
>> >> 
>> >> I have run with this patch since then and haven't seen any
>> >> problems with this.
>> >> 
>> >> Best regards,
>> >> 
>> >> Adrian
>> >> 
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> 
>> >> --
>> >> Adrian Aichner
>> >>  mailto:adrian at xemacs.org
>> >>  http://www.xemacs.org/
>> >> 
>> >
>> >
>> 
>> -- 
>> Adrian Aichner
>>  mailto:adrian at xemacs.org
>>  http://www.xemacs.org/
>>

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