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On 21 Nov 2024 04:31:13 GMT, Robert Riches wrote:

> Regarding moving around requiring n+1 keystrokes, GNU Emacs lets you
> experience the power of Control-U.  It is a prefix argument that
> (oversimplification follows, but ...) multiplies the effect of the next
> action by 4.

I hope it has a similar prefix to undo all the stuff I just destroyed with 
Ctrl-U.