From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: daniel@syr-24-59-76-83.twcny.rr.com (Daniel R. Anderson) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Simple question Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 20:26:47 GMT Organization: Road Runner Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1069360546 19579 80.91.224.253 (20 Nov 2003 20:35:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 20:35:46 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 20 21:35:44 2003 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 1AMvWi-0005HY-00 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 21:35:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AMwOe-0004gO-Rm for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 16:31:28 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-rtr.nyroc.rr.com!news-out.nyroc.rr.com!twister.nyroc.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 10 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.59.76.83 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com Original-X-Trace: twister.nyroc.rr.com 1069360007 24.59.76.83 (Thu, 20 Nov 2003 15:26:47 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 15:26:47 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:118502 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:14441 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:14441 "Jack Wang" writes: > Hi: > In emacs, how to move cursor to a particular line, e.g., line500? M-x goto-line RET linenumber RET gets you where you need. Sometimes the goto-line lisp function is bound to M-g -- so you just M-g line_number RET. Other times you have to bind it yourself. -Dan