From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Going to line n, column m Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:20:59 +0200 Organization: Informatimago Message-ID: <87vdw456w4.fsf@hubble.informatimago.com> References: <87zllg5ee7.fsf@hubble.informatimago.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1223422854 16687 80.91.229.12 (7 Oct 2008 23:40:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 23:40:54 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 08 01:41:50 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 1KnMBR-0003LF-UF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:41:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33421 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KnMAN-0007n9-Lx for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:40:35 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!feeder1-2.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder2-2.proxad.net!cleanfeed2-b.proxad.net!nnrp5-2.free.fr!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwAQMAAABtzGvEAAAABlBMVEUAAAD///+l2Z/dAAAA oElEQVR4nK3OsRHCMAwF0O8YQufUNIQRGIAja9CxSA55AxZgFO4coMgYrEDDQZWPIlNAjwq9 033pbOBPtbXuB6PKNBn5gZkhGa86Z4x2wE67O+06WxGD/HCOGR0deY3f9Ijwwt7rNGNf6Oac l/GuZTF1wFGKiYYHKSFAkjIo1b6sCYS1sVmFhhhahKQssRjRT90ITWUk6vvK3RsPGs+M1RuR mV+hO/VvFAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg== X-Accept-Language: fr, es, en X-Disabled: X-No-Archive: no User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:dGmGaqWEOhau4tYGH8ZsTsZO3oE= Original-Lines: 46 Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 08 Oct 2008 01:20:59 MEST Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 88.182.134.169 Original-X-Trace: 1223421659 news-3.free.fr 14355 88.182.134.169:41556 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@proxad.net Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:163170 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:58512 Archived-At: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" writes: > Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote: >> Nikolaj Schumacher writes: >> >>> Mauricio wrote: >>> >>>> I think this is simple, but I wasn't able >>>> to find it anywhere: how can I tell emacs >>>> I want to go to line x, column y? >>> `goto-line' and `move-to-column' >> >> They don't work ;-) >> >> If you don't believe me, try: >> >> RET C-u 40 M-x move-to-column RET > > To increase your credibility please show how to reproduce it ;-) Yes of course. Just type again: RET C-u 40 M-x move-to-column RET and once more the cursor will stay on column 1. Want to reproduce it yet another time? No problem, just type again: RET C-u 40 M-x move-to-column RET and once more the cursor will stay on column 1. > More seriously, this might be a bug, but it works for me using CVS Emacs 23. It's not a bug, it's a feature of move-to-column. Hence my implementation of goto-xy. -- __Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/ "Remember, Information is not knowledge; Knowledge is not Wisdom; Wisdom is not truth; Truth is not beauty; Beauty is not love; Love is not music; Music is the best." -- Frank Zappa