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Jari Aalto 1997-06-05 14:59:13 +00:00
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.\" Case Western Reserve University
.\" chet@ins.CWRU.Edu
.\"
.\" Last Change: Mon Jul 8 13:07:48 EDT 1996
.\" Last Change: Wed Feb 5 14:13:22 EST 1997
.\"
.TH READLINE 3 "1996 July 8" GNU
.TH READLINE 3 "1997 Feb 5" GNU
.\"
.\" File Name macro. This used to be `.PN', for Path Name,
.\" but Sun doesn't seem to like that very much.
@ -682,9 +682,18 @@ Add this digit to the argument already accumulating, or start a new
argument. M\-\- starts a negative argument.
.TP
.B universal\-argument
Each time this is executed, the argument count is multiplied by four.
This is another way to specify an argument.
If this command is followed by one or more digits, optionally with a
leading minus sign, those digits define the argument.
If the command is followed by digits, executing
.B universal\-argument
again ends the numeric argument, but is otherwise ignored.
As a special case, if this command is immediately followed by a
character that is neither a digit or minus sign, the argument count
for the next command is multiplied by four.
The argument count is initially one, so executing this function the
first time makes the argument count four.
first time makes the argument count four, a second time makes the
argument count sixteen, and so on.
.PD
.SS Completing
.PP