rookie question How to jump to line#

rookie question How to jump to line#

[billy]

How do I jump to a line #?
How do I tell emacs to display line #?

Re: rookie question How to jump to line#

[Albert Reiner]

["billy" <bp1497@att.com>, 6 Mar 2006 06:05:52 -0800]:
> How do I jump to a line #?
> How do I tell emacs to display line #?

,----[ C-h f goto-line RET ]
| goto-line is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `simple'.
| (goto-line ARG)
| 
| Goto line ARG, counting from line 1 at beginning of buffer.
`----

Albert.

Re: rookie question How to jump to line#

[Mark T.B. Carroll]

"billy" <bp1497@att.com> writes:

> How do I jump to a line #?
> How do I tell emacs to display line #?

I normally use M-x goto-line

-- Mark

Re: rookie question How to jump to line#

[B. T. Raven]

"billy" <bp1497@att.com> wrote in message
news:1141653952.450687.309980@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> How do I jump to a line #?
> How do I tell emacs to display line #?
>

In version 22 it's M-g g
In earlier versions you could put something like one of these in .emacs:

(global-set-key [(super g)] 'goto-line)

or

(global-set-key [(hyper g)] 'goto-line)

or

(defalias 'gtl 'goto-line)
and then then type M-x gtl (Alt-x gtl)

Ed