From a1f6ea55ac8cb7fafd2cd95b8c501049f94569ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 15:22:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Arguments): Say explicitly that M-- is -1. Fix spacing in an @example. --- man/basic.texi | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/basic.texi b/man/basic.texi index 42fa1f0f8de..c4c9667975a 100644 --- a/man/basic.texi +++ b/man/basic.texi @@ -691,16 +691,19 @@ act in the opposite direction. If your terminal keyboard has a @key{META} key, the easiest way to specify a numeric argument is to type digits and/or a minus sign while holding down the @key{META} key. For example, + @example M-5 C-n @end example + @noindent would move down five lines. The characters @kbd{Meta-1}, @kbd{Meta-2}, and so on, as well as @kbd{Meta--}, do this because they are keys bound to commands (@code{digit-argument} and @code{negative-argument}) that -are defined to contribute to an argument for the next command. Digits -and @kbd{-} modified with Control, or Control and Meta, also specify -numeric arguments. +are defined to contribute to an argument for the next command. +@kbd{Meta--} without digits normally means @minus{}1. Digits and +@kbd{-} modified with Control, or Control and Meta, also specify numeric +arguments. @kindex C-u @findex universal-argument -- 2.39.2