From: Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi>
To: gnu-emacs-bug@ftp.gnu.org
Subject: Re: Feature Request: Relative jump using M-x goto-line
Date: 12 Oct 2007 21:38:35 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <qot4pgwjhzo.fsf@ruuvi.it.helsinki.fi> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.1987.1192213301.18990.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Sivaram Neelakantan writes:
> Can M-x goto-line have options to take numbers with +- values, so that
> it goes to line +lines from current position or -lines from current
> position?
>
> M-x goto-line +40, should go 40 lines forward
> M-x goto-line -30 goes 30 lines backward.
> M-x goto-line 24 goes to line 24
>
> I'd find this useful when working with files having header and trailer
> records.
You can give an argument to C-n or C-p.
C-u 4 0 C-n
C-u 3 0 C-p
M-x goto-line RET 24
next parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-12 18:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <mailman.1987.1192213301.18990.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-10-12 18:38 ` Jussi Piitulainen [this message]
2007-10-12 18:11 Feature Request: Relative jump using M-x goto-line Sivaram Neelakantan
2007-10-12 18:39 ` Michael Droettboom
2007-10-12 18:39 ` Eric Hanchrow
2007-10-12 19:13 ` Sivaram Neelakantan
2007-10-13 17:50 ` Jonathan Goldblatt
[not found] ` <mailman.1990.1192216966.18990.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-10-15 15:15 ` Mathias Dahl
2007-10-15 18:04 ` Sivaram Neelakantan
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