Re: Feature Request: Relative jump using M-x goto-line

[Michael Droettboom]

Maybe this doesn't address your needs, but you can do:

C-u 40 C-n to go 40 lines forward
C-u 30 C-p to go 30 lines backward

Cheers,
Mike

On 10/12/07, Sivaram Neelakantan <nsivaram.net@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can M-x goto-line have options to take numbers with +- values, so that
> it goes to line +lines from current position or -lines from current
> position?
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> M-x goto-line +40, should go 40 lines forward
> M-x goto-line -30  goes 30 lines backward.
> M-x goto-line 24   goes to line 24
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> I'd find this useful when working with files having header and trailer
> records.
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