From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Going to line n, column m Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:43:49 +0200 Message-ID: <48EE9735.8090409@gmail.com> References: <87zllg5ee7.fsf@hubble.informatimago.com> <87vdw456w4.fsf@hubble.informatimago.com> <87d4ib56xl.fsf@hubble.informatimago.com> <871vyq6eml.fsf@hubble.informatimago.com> <87ljwy46j1.fsf@hubble.informatimago.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1223595915 10230 80.91.229.12 (9 Oct 2008 23:45:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 23:45:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: stan Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 10 01:46:13 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Ko5Cu-000785-VO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:46:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49297 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ko5Bq-0003NE-RC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:45:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ko5BX-0003Mw-HI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:44:47 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ko5BU-0003Mc-5C for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:44:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49419 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ko5BT-0003MZ-VH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:44:44 -0400 Original-Received: from ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net ([80.76.149.213]:42950) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ko5BT-00055u-KB for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:44:43 -0400 Original-Received: from c83-254-151-87.bredband.comhem.se ([83.254.151.87]:59795 helo=[127.0.0.1]) by ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1Ko5B7-0000gm-7m; Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:44:34 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071031 Thunderbird/2.0.0.9 Mnenhy/0.7.5.666 In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 081009-1, 2008-10-09), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Originating-IP: 83.254.151.87 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1Ko5B7-0000gm-7m. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net 1Ko5B7-0000gm-7m add74becd2249ce31d1502bde3efbf33 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6? (barebone, rare!) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:58644 Archived-At: >> Yes, it just a reminder to always read _entirely_ the doc of each >> function, not just the first paragraph. > > Been there, done that :) I'm almost ashamed to say how many times I saw > something on a man page that I would have bet cash money didn't exist. > As much as I want to say it's age related, the truth is less flattering. Maybe use imagination like when learning new words in a foreign language. "If it behaves like that I can use it for that and that ..."