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| author | Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> | 2020-09-23 22:39:32 +0300 |
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| committer | Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> | 2020-09-23 22:39:32 +0300 |
| commit | dc86c4cc0ba230c632b10cefb22b9fec1cd1d046 (patch) | |
| tree | 92a8db4b07c29afbd77848760685008a3f82ff1e /doc/emacs | |
| parent | ad285e0eb8ae18f41a4d94b1a57a5ee118f6814f (diff) | |
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New command goto-line-relative (bug#5042, bug#9917)
* lisp/simple.el (goto-line-read-args): New function with code from goto-line.
(goto-line): New arg RELATIVE. Also use 'widen-automatically' to
leave all lines accessible in the narrowed buffer.
(goto-line-relative): New command.
* lisp/info.el (Info-mode-map): Remap 'goto-line' to 'goto-line-relative'.
* doc/emacs/basic.texi (Moving Point):
* doc/emacs/display.texi (Optional Mode Line): Mention goto-line-relative.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/emacs')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/basic.texi | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/display.texi | 7 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/basic.texi b/doc/emacs/basic.texi index 444b2469cf1..cde7b475d95 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/basic.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/basic.texi @@ -311,13 +311,16 @@ Position 1 is the beginning of the buffer. @kindex M-g M-g @kindex M-g g @findex goto-line +@findex goto-line-relative Read a number @var{n} and move point to the beginning of line number @var{n} (@code{goto-line}). Line 1 is the beginning of the buffer. If point is on or just after a number in the buffer, that is the default for @var{n}. Just type @key{RET} in the minibuffer to use it. You can also specify @var{n} by giving @kbd{M-g M-g} a numeric prefix argument. @xref{Select Buffer}, for the behavior of @kbd{M-g M-g} when you give it -a plain prefix argument. +a plain prefix argument. Alternatively, you can use the command +@code{goto-line-relative} to move point to the line relative to the +accessible portion of the narrowed buffer. @item M-g @key{TAB} @kindex M-g TAB diff --git a/doc/emacs/display.texi b/doc/emacs/display.texi index e7b8745a044..6f1bc802b85 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/display.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/display.texi @@ -1452,9 +1452,10 @@ the displayed column number to count from one, you may set @cindex narrowing, and line number display If you have narrowed the buffer (@pxref{Narrowing}), the displayed line number is relative to the accessible portion of the buffer. -Thus, it isn't suitable as an argument to @code{goto-line}. (Use -@code{what-line} command to see the line number relative to the whole -file.) +Thus, it isn't suitable as an argument to @code{goto-line}. (The +command @code{what-line} shows the line number relative to the whole +file.) You can use @code{goto-line-relative} command to move point to +the line relative to the accessible portion of the narrowed buffer. @vindex line-number-display-limit If the buffer is very large (larger than the value of |