Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM (06/03/91)
>>>>> On 2 Jun 91 18:49:43 GMT, datri@convex.com (Anthony A. Datri) said: > I don't wont to write "what-line" (9 keystrokes). Anthony> 10 or 11, actually, counting the M-X. Anthony> That's always annoyed me about gnumacs as well, but I haven't Anthony> taken the time to fix it. Microemacs, for example, gives you Anthony> that information with the buffer-position function, which is Anthony> bound by default to C-X= (two keystrokes). [GNU Emacs]: (describe-key "^X=") what-cursor-position: Print info on cursor position (on screen and within buffer). (describe-key ^Xl") count-lines-page: Report number of lines on current page, and how many are before or after point. (describe-key "ESC=") count-lines-region: Print number of lines in the region. etc. But you have to bind what-line to a key if you don't want to say ESC x what-line. I have earlier posted why GNU Emacs users rarely care about line numbers. Hint: do ESC x compile, or ESC x grep; or ESC x apropos tags.