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changeset 62338:9d25647627a1
(Moving Point): Mention `M-g g' binding for goto-line.
(Position Info): Delete discussion of goto-line. It is already
described in `Moving point'.
| author | Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu> |
|---|---|
| date | Sat, 14 May 2005 14:13:54 +0000 |
| parents | b74315cd6017 |
| children | 6c80d31b7e43 |
| files | man/basic.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/basic.texi Sat May 14 14:12:36 2005 +0000 +++ b/man/basic.texi Sat May 14 14:13:54 2005 +0000 @@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ Read a number @var{n} and move point to buffer position @var{n}. Position 1 is the beginning of the buffer. @item M-g M-g +@itemx M-g g @itemx M-x goto-line Read a number @var{n} and move point to line number @var{n}. Line 1 is the beginning of the buffer. @@ -595,19 +596,13 @@ @cindex location of point @cindex cursor location @cindex point location - There are two commands for working with line numbers. @kbd{M-x -what-line} computes the current line number and displays it in the -echo area. To go to a given line by number, use @kbd{M-g M-g} or -@kbd{M-g g} (@code{goto-line}). This prompts you for a line number, -then moves point to the beginning of that line. To move to a given -line in the most recently displayed other buffer, use @kbd{C-u M-g -M-g}. Line numbers in Emacs count from one at the beginning of the buffer. - - You can also see the current line number in the mode line; see @ref{Mode -Line}. If you narrow the buffer, then the line number in the mode line -is relative to the accessible portion (@pxref{Narrowing}). By contrast, -@code{what-line} shows both the line number relative to the narrowed -region and the line number relative to the whole buffer. + @kbd{M-x what-line} computes the current line number and displays it +in the echo area. You can also see the current line number in the +mode line; see @ref{Mode Line}. If you narrow the buffer, then the +line number in the mode line is relative to the accessible portion +(@pxref{Narrowing}). By contrast, @code{what-line} shows both the +line number relative to the narrowed region and the line number +relative to the whole buffer. @kbd{M-x what-page} counts pages from the beginning of the file, and counts lines within the page, showing both numbers in the echo area.