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Re: goto-line and goto-char not working in emacs info mode


From: Emanuel Berg
Subject: Re: goto-line and goto-char not working in emacs info mode
Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2017 17:31:41 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux)

Teemu Likonen wrote:

>> Is that the normal behavior? I can't use M-g
>> g and M-g c command in emacs info
>> mode buffer.
>
> It's normal but probably not wanted behavior.
> Info documents are big buffers and the
> current info node is just narrowed view in
> that buffer. Function goto-line operates on
> the whole buffer, not just on the current
> (narrowed) info node.

There is some resistance to learing how to
navigate the info system. Not just the buffers,
but the tree system itself. Just keep it up and
it'll come to you.

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