# HG changeset patch # User Luc Teirlinck # Date 1116428486 0 # Node ID f13767c26b95d7e881de8e759fdf0f0838b48a14 # Parent 8daca9735e2037794e9a2b498bd9f15677e3ded1 (Select Buffer): Document `C-u M-g M-g'. diff -r 8daca9735e20 -r f13767c26b95 man/buffers.texi --- a/man/buffers.texi Wed May 18 14:57:34 2005 +0000 +++ b/man/buffers.texi Wed May 18 15:01:26 2005 +0000 @@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ @item C-x 5 b @var{buffer} @key{RET} Similar, but select @var{buffer} in a separate frame (@code{switch-to-buffer-other-frame}). +@item C-u M-g M-g +@itemx C-u M-g g +Read a number @var{n} and move to line @var{n} in the most recently +selected buffer other than the current buffer. @end table @kindex C-x b @@ -139,6 +143,19 @@ can also be used to switch to an existing file-visiting buffer. @xref{Visiting}. + @kbd{C-u M-g M-g}, that is @code{goto-line} with a prefix argument +of just @kbd{C-u}, reads a number @var{n} using the minibuffer, +selects the most recently selected buffer other than the current +buffer in another window, and then moves point to the beginning of +line number @var{n} in that buffer. This is mainly useful in a buffer +that refers to line numbers in another buffer: if point is on or just +after a number, @code{goto-line} uses that number as the default for +@var{n}. Note that prefix arguments other than just @kbd{C-u} behave +differently. @kbd{C-u 4 M-g M-g} goes to line 4 in the @emph{current} +buffer, without reading a number from the minibuffer. (Remember that +@kbd{M-g M-g} without prefix argument reads a number @var{n} and then +moves to line number @var{n} in the current buffer.) + Emacs uses buffer names that start with a space for internal purposes. It treats these buffers specially in minor ways---for example, by default they do not record undo information. It is best to avoid using