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RE: Pushing the mark from a primitive like goto-char


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: Pushing the mark from a primitive like goto-char
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2020 09:32:28 -0800 (PST)

> > it's not clear to me why we'd want to move
> > `goto-line'.  (And I can't think about it, as I have
> > no idea what `goto-line-relative' is/does.)
> 
> Because there is no difference between them when the buffer
> is not narrowed, i.e. most users won't notice the difference.
> Alternatively, 'M-g M-G' could be bound to goto-line-relative
> (if it's still easy to type on tty).  The choice mostly depends on
> what the users will mostly use: goto-line or goto-line-relative?

As I said - no idea what `goto-line-relative' is/does.

>From what you say now, it's like `goto-line', except
when the buffer is narrowed.  Other than that, I still
have no idea.

Anyway, a priori it makes more sense to bind the new
command to a new key sequence (if we bind it at all), no?



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