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(Arguments): Say explicitly that M-- is -1. Fix spacing in an @example.

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Eli Zaretskii 2001-08-07 15:22:40 +00:00
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@ -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