Re: Changing the factor used in universal arugment

[Emanuel Berg]

Narendra Joshi wrote:

> How can I change the factor by which
> universal argument changes on repetition from
> 4 to say 2? For say having more
> granularity there.

1. Use the source, Luke! First do `C-h k C-u'
   to find out what function is bound to the
   key and where it is defined.

2. Open the file:

       /usr/share/emacs/24.4/lisp/simple.el.gz

3. Copy these functions to some other file:

       universal-argument
       universal-argument-more

4. Change the 4s into 2s. [1]

5. Evaluate the functions (or entire new file)
   to have them overload the
   previous definitions.

6. Don't do it, Jeff!



[1] Hey, same data hard-coded twice - not good!

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