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Subject: Re: Shutdown: EMACS vs. vi
Summary: one final clarification for fairness
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Date: 2 Jun 91 19:44:39 GMT
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In-Reply-To: datri@convex.com's message of 2 Jun 91 18: 49:43 GMT
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>>>>> 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.