From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Alfred M. Szmidt" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Key binding M-g should really be goto-line Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 02:14:54 +0100 Message-ID: <1109726094.640118.1962.nullmailer@Update.UU.SE> References: <1109720969.656668.1814.nullmailer@Update.UU.SE> Reply-To: ams@kemisten.nu NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1109726258 8847 80.91.229.2 (2 Mar 2005 01:17:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 01:17:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 02 02:17:38 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D6IUR-0003lv-TS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 02:17:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D6In6-00023P-RR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 20:36:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D6IlR-0001UK-UR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 20:35:02 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D6IlO-0001SU-2H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 20:34:59 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D6IlN-0001QD-J4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 20:34:57 -0500 Original-Received: from [130.238.7.33] (helo=limicola.its.uu.se) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1D6ISB-0004gY-LM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 20:15:08 -0500 Original-Received: by limicola.its.uu.se (Postfix, from userid 205) id 4B4F65A809; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 02:15:06 +0100 (MEZ) Original-Received: from limicola.its.uu.se(127.0.0.1) by limicola.its.uu.se via virus-scan id s34816; Wed, 2 Mar 05 02:14:55 +0100 Original-Received: from Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE (Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE [130.238.19.25]) by limicola.its.uu.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17C394E009; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 02:14:55 +0100 (MEZ) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE (Postfix) with ESMTP id E720638013; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 02:14:54 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Psilocybe [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 29221-03-2; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 02:14:54 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from Update.UU.SE (Lem.Update.UU.SE [130.238.19.73]) by Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE (Postfix) with SMTP id 7216B38012; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 02:14:54 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: (nullmailer pid 1963 invoked by uid 30270); Wed, 02 Mar 2005 01:14:54 -0000 Original-To: Ralf Angeli In-reply-to: (message from Ralf Angeli on Wed, 02 Mar 2005 02:00:57 +0100) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org X-MailScanner-To: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:34028 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:34028 I am using it often when dealing with patches generated with `diff' and wanting to look at the original source before applying a patch. That is what `diff-mode' and C-c C-c (or ) is for. So once again, I fail to see what use goto-line has for other then in really awkward situations. Cheers.