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From: ron@dsi1.UUCP (Ron Flax)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re:  Jove - GoLine Function - Fix?
Message-ID: <546@dsi1.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 20-Mar-86 19:56:38 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 20 19:56:38 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 22-Mar-86 22:33:23 EST
References: <1925@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Reply-To: ron@dsi1.UUCP (Super User)
Organization: Dynamic Systems, Inc., Arlington VA
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In article <1925@brl-smoke.ARPA> moss@BRL.ARPA (Gary S. Moss (SLCBR-VLD-V)) writes:
>I think Ron Flax was referring to envoking the "goto-line" function as
>an extended command (typing it to the ':' prompt), as if it was not bound
>to anything.  This indeed does not work, it will not wait for an argument.
>-moss

This is absolutely correct!  If anyone is interested I have hacked
Jove to prompt for a line number at the goto-line prompt, this means
you can now type ESC-g [ line number ] <RETURN> and Jove will take you
to that line (provided it exists!) and then inform of where you are in
the file. 

I have also hacked in a function to display the filenames of
the current directory into a scratch buffer by typing a '?' at the
find-file prompt.  Similar to Gosmacs, however there is no completion
of names at the present time.  Basically it does an 'ls -C' to a
scratch buffer then returns to the extended prompt.

If anyone is interested in these hacks send mail.

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