[comp.emacs] Absolute line jump method?

ray@p.cs.uiuc.edu (08/25/89)

Can anyone tell me how to jump to an absolute line number in Gnuemacs?

In other words, when a compiler says the problem is on line 200,
how do I get there without counting lines?

thanks.

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ecb@utrccm (ecb) (08/26/89)

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    ray> Can anyone tell me how to jump to an absolute line number in
    ray> Gnuemacs?

    ray> In other words, when a compiler says the problem is on line
    ray> 200, how do I get there without counting lines?

    ray> thanks.

    ray> .

Use:

         Meta-x goto-line 200

If you've compiled your code with Meta-x compile, you may find
the function called next-error (bound to Ctrl-x `) more to your liking. 
This is compiler dependent, however. 


			Bud Boman
			United Technologies Research Center
			(203) 727-7128
			ecb@utrccm.smc.utc.com

lusk@donner.mcs.anl.gov (08/28/89)

| Can anyone tell me how to jump to an absolute line number in Gnuemacs?

| In other words, when a compiler says the problem is on line 200,
| how do I get there without counting lines?

1) M-x goto-line  will prompt for a line number and go there.

2) I find it handy to bind \C-c \C-g to goto-line.

3) Use M-x compile and \C-x ` to find locate compile errors in the source code.

rbj@dsys.ncsl.nist.GOV (Root Boy Jim) (08/29/89)

? 2) I find it handy to bind \C-c \C-g to goto-line.

NEVER use ^G as the second character of a command sequence. If you do,
then how would you ever abort an initial ^C. I suppose you COULD type
a character known to be bogus, but that's what ^G is supposed to be:
a character that aborts any key sequence.

Of course, emacs is customizable, so you can do what you want.

	Root Boy Jim
	Have GNU, Will Travel.

lisar@hpfclp.SDE.HP.COM (Lisa Rogers) (08/31/89)

> NEVER use ^G as the second character of a command sequence. If you do,
> then how would you ever abort an initial ^C. I suppose you COULD type
> a character known to be bogus, but that's what ^G is supposed to be:
> a character that aborts any key sequence.

I agree; this could make your life difficult.  But binding it to ^Xg or ^Cg 
works well.

Lisa Rogers
lisar@hpfclp.sde.hp.com