From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Brad Collins Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Newbie: Interactive goto-line ?! Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 23:08:50 +0700 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <403b2dbe$0$38285$e4fe514c@dreader14.news.xs4all.nl> <16443.14472.37016.470269@mail.eng.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1077641602 9495 80.91.224.253 (24 Feb 2004 16:53:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:53:22 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 24 17:52:53 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Avfng-0001jY-00 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 17:52:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1AvfnP-0005CJ-PN for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 11:52:35 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1Avfi6-0002ag-Jr for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 11:47:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1AvfeI-0001Td-0e for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 11:43:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.41.8] (helo=mx20.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.30) id 1AvfbM-0007q1-4D for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 11:40:08 -0500 Original-Received: from [203.146.237.179] (helo=bufferz3.loxinfo.co.th) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Avf9R-0007oe-V6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 11:11:18 -0500 Original-Received: from mav3.loxinfo.co.th (mav3.loxinfo.co.th [203.146.237.163]) by bufferz3.loxinfo.co.th (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C1C710604D for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 23:11:13 +0700 (ICT) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mav3.loxinfo.co.th (Postfix) with SMTP id 6D571C39EB for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 23:11:13 +0700 (ICT) Original-Received: from mailz2.loxinfo.co.th (mailz2.loxinfo.co.th [203.146.237.130]) by mav3.loxinfo.co.th (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67548C3A05 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 23:11:13 +0700 (ICT) Original-Received: from cscoms.com (mail.cscoms.com [203.146.30.108]) by mailz2.loxinfo.co.th (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C4087FA62 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 23:11:13 +0700 (ICT) Original-Received: from KAME.cscoms.com (dial-351.ras-3.bkk.c.cscoms.com [203.170.156.231]) by cscoms.com (8.12.8p2/8.12.3) with ESMTP id i1OGBArO013792 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 23:11:11 +0700 (GMT) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs In-Reply-To: <16443.14472.37016.470269@mail.eng.it> (Gian Uberto Lauri's message of "Tue, 24 Feb 2004 12:42:00 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (windows-nt) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:17147 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:17147 Also don't forget that if you are using a command several times you can use history and auto-complete to save keystrokes. So if you've called M-x goto-line once before, then type M-x and then use the `up' arrow to find it again. For auto-complete : M-x goto-l will complete the command. These are both real time savers, especially for long commands. b/ -- Brad Collins Chenla Labs Bangkok, Thailand