Re: Go to a Line

["Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu.emacs.help/news/@flint.cs.yale.edu>]

Stefan> Nah: I hacked isearch to do the goto-line thingy instead
> That is _really_ interesting. Does it scroll incrementally to the line
> as you type the number?

Of course ;-)

> How do you search for numbers in a file?

The usual way: `123' matches both the string `123' and the line 123.
The only time when it's inconvenient is when you're looking for line 123 and
the buffer contains heaps of matches for the string `123'.

Also, there's the problem that you might need to hit C-s one extra
time to force isearch to wrap around (or you could have used C-r instead,
but the point is that the relative position of the starting point and the
destination line is relevant).

> Do you mind showing us the function you are using :)

It's a bunch of patches to isearch.el.  I'll see if I can extract the
relevant portions.


        Stefan