GNU bug report logs - #9917
24.0.90; Make `goto-line' consistent with the line number from the minibuffer

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 5042 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 9917 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, dmoncayo <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#9917: bug#5042: bug#9917: 24.0.90; Make `goto-line' consistent with the line number from the minibuffer
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2020 08:34:53 +0300

> Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2020 14:10:55 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, larsi <at> gnus.org, dmoncayo <at> gmail.com,
>         9917 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 5042 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > Let a negative prefix arg use line numbering wrt the
> > restriction (region), and let a positive prefix arg
> > use line numbering wrt the buffer (widened).
> > 
> > Likewise for a number read at the prompt: negative for
> > restriction numbering, positive for full-buffer numbering.

IMO, this would be a highly confusing behavior, especially for those
who want goto-line to work in terms of narrowed lines.

> But, as I said recently here, two separate commands
> (and keys) is OK too.

Then let's have that.

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