Hello,

Dumb question:

How can I go to line 41 with emacs?

I tried M-x (press Escape then press x) then I type the line's number
and hit enter but emacs keeps saying "No match"?

Thanks :-)

Olivier

In <bdrnns$mub$1@flis.man.torun.pl>, Pawel Chmielewski wrote:

> Olivier Laurent wrote:
>> How can I go to line 41 with emacs?
> M-x goto-line
> and then enter line number.
> Pawel

or, put 
(global-set-key "\M-g" 'goto-line)
into your .emacs. Then you can type alt-g 15, and off you go to
line-number 15.

Good luck
Franz

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Franz M. Sauerzopf
Atominstitut, TU Wien

oliderid@yahoo.co.uk (Olivier Laurent) wrote in message news:<8d63e22a.0307010219.4a904ac8@posting.google.com>...
> Hello,
> 
> Dumb question:
> 
> How can I go to line 41 with emacs?
> 
> I tried M-x (press Escape then press x) then I type the line's number
> and hit enter but emacs keeps saying "No match"?
> 
> Thanks :-)
> 
> Olivier

goto-line can be used as previous posters have mentioned.
I find it more useful to store places in buffer I frequently need to
go to in registers.

f.e.g. To store a position in a buffer in register 1 use C-x r SPC 1
To jump back to it use C-x r j 1

If you only need to view or edit in just two locations at the same
time set mark in one with C-SPC then jump back to it using C-x C-x
(exchange point and mark).

robert.thorpe@antenova.com (Rob Thorpe) writes:

> I find it more useful to store places in buffer I frequently need to
> go to in registers.

Bookmarks are also useful for this.  I'm currently trying to get used
to using them more often.
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