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diff --git a/man/basic.texi b/man/basic.texi index 487e9579ec..2f8c2bc176 100644 --- a/man/basic.texi +++ b/man/basic.texi @@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ it is commonly used to do so. If your keyboard has a @key{PAGEUP} or @item M-x goto-char Read a number @var{n} and move point to buffer position @var{n}. Position 1 is the beginning of the buffer. -@item M-x goto-line +@item M-g M-g +@itemx M-x goto-line Read a number @var{n} and move point to line number @var{n}. Line 1 is the beginning of the buffer. @item C-x C-n @@ -343,11 +344,15 @@ earlier changes, back to the limit of the undo information available. If all recorded changes have already been undone, the undo command displays an error message and does nothing. +@findex undo-only Any command other than an undo command breaks the sequence of undo commands. Starting from that moment, the previous undo commands become ordinary changes that you can undo. Thus, to redo changes you have undone, type @kbd{C-f} or any other command that will harmlessly break -the sequence of undoing, then type more undo commands. +the sequence of undoing, then type more undo commands. On the other +hand, if you want to ignore previous undo commands, use @kbd{M-x +undo-only}. This is like @code{undo}, but will not redo changes +you have just undone. @cindex selective undo @kindex C-u C-x u @@ -591,10 +596,12 @@ Toggle automatic display of the size of the buffer. @cindex cursor location @cindex point location There are two commands for working with line numbers. @kbd{M-x -what-line} computes the current line number and displays it in the echo -area. To go to a given line by number, use @kbd{M-x goto-line}; it -prompts you for the number. These line numbers count from one at the -beginning of the buffer. +what-line} computes the current line number and displays it in the +echo area. To go to a given line by number, use @kbd{M-g M-g} or +@kbd{M-g g} (@code{goto-line}). This prompts you for a line number, +then moves point to the beginning of that line. To move to a given +line in the most recently displayed other buffer, use @kbd{C-u M-g +M-g}. Line numbers in Emacs count from one at the beginning of the buffer. You can also see the current line number in the mode line; see @ref{Mode Line}. If you narrow the buffer, then the line number in the mode line |