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Re: Going to line n, column m


From: Lennart Borgman (gmail)
Subject: Re: Going to line n, column m
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:54:13 +0200
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Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote:
> "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote:
>>> Nikolaj Schumacher <me@nschum.de> writes:
>>>
>>>> Mauricio <briqueabraque@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I think this is simple, but I wasn't able
>>>>> to find it anywhere: how can I tell emacs
>>>>> I want to go to line x, column y?
>>>> `goto-line' and `move-to-column'
>>> They don't work ;-)
>>>
>>> If you don't believe me, try:
>>>
>>> RET C-u 40 M-x move-to-column RET
>> To increase your credibility please show how to reproduce it ;-)
> 
> Yes of course.  Just type again:
> 
> RET C-u 40 M-x move-to-column RET
> 
> and once more the cursor will stay on column 1.

It does not for me, even if the line is shorter than 40 chars. But I am
using the latest CVS version.

> Want to reproduce it yet another time?  No problem, just type again:
> 
> RET C-u 40 M-x move-to-column RET
> 
> and once more the cursor will stay on column 1.
> 
> 
>> More seriously, this might be a bug, but it works for me using CVS Emacs 23.
> 
> It's not a bug, it's a feature of move-to-column.  Hence my
> implementation of goto-xy.
> 
> 




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