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28.0.50; [Feature Request] Handle goto-map digit as goto-line

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Michael Welsh Duggan <mwd <at> md5i.com>
Cc: 46167 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#46167: 28.0.50; [Feature Request] Handle goto-map digit as
 goto-line
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 06:34:21 +0100

Michael Welsh Duggan <mwd <at> md5i.com> writes:

> I recommend that the ten decimal digits be bound in `goto-map' to a
> function that calls `goto-line', bringing up a prompt with the given
> digit as the default value.  For example:
>
> `M-g 4' should result in the following prompt:
>
>   Goto line: 4!
>
> where ! represents the location of the point.

We've recently had a long discussion about `goto-line' vs
`goto-line-relative', and some people prefer the one and some people the
other.  `M-g 4' (etc) would have to choose one or the other.

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