Go to a specific line in a file - Notepad++

emacs notepad++ line-numbers
Nekkoru picture Nekkoru · Feb 5, 2013 · Viewed 79.3k times · Source

So I'm learning Emacs after over two years of using notepad++ as my default editor. I'm still hung up on a few things, but I find myself kind of enjoying working with it.

My question is simple: in Notepad++, when I wanted to go to a specific line of my file, I used CTRL+G. Emacs, for some perplexing reason, requires me to do M-x goto-line [enter] $linenumber [enter].

I can't believe there isn't a shortcut for that. I must be googling wrong, surely?

Answer

Trey Jackson picture Trey Jackson · Feb 5, 2013

M-g g or M-g M-g are the default bindings for goto-line.

And, the easiest way to find this is either M-x where-is RET goto-line RET which will list the bindings for the command goto-line, or you can type C-h b which lists all the bindings for the current buffer (and then you can peruse the bindings to see if goto-line is there, or to discover other useful commands & bindings.

Related questions

What is the benefit of using things such as emacs, vim, and nano over any other IDE or text editor?

From what Ive seen. emacs etc.. run in terminal. Is there any benefit to this? It seems that it would be more of a hassle to write and organize things. I'm not trying to be subjective I literally know nothing …

Read More
How do I make Git use the editor of my choice for commits?

I would prefer to write my commit messages in Vim, but it is opening them in Emacs. How do I configure Git to always use Vim? Note that I want to do this globally, not just for a single project.

Read More
Differences between Emacs and Vim

Without getting into a religious argument about why one is better than the other, what are the practical differences between Emacs and Vim? I'm looking to learn one or the other, but I realize the learning curve for each is …

Read More