* buffers.texi (Select Buffer): Index goto-line.

* basic.texi (Moving Point): Mention the use of a numeric prefix
argument with goto-line and refer to Select Buffer for the use of a
plain prefix argument.

diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
index 813aafc9f5e7c92346d291605c614619dfff92cf..aae09731c5d869cf870b24020fc37898546d4240 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2008-11-22  Lute Kamstra  <lute@gnu.org>
+
+       * buffers.texi (Select Buffer): Index goto-line.
+       * basic.texi (Moving Point): Mention the use of a numeric prefix
+       argument with goto-line and refer to Select Buffer for the use of a
+       plain prefix argument.
+
 2008-11-19  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
        * doclicense.texi: Update to FDL 1.3.

diff --git a/doc/emacs/basic.texi b/doc/emacs/basic.texi
index 43b11dab2257c8253175b38398b01bb564695ffb..dec3f741ee15b748728a85a1ccf728607c904b7e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/basic.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/basic.texi
@@ -221,9 +221,12 @@ Position 1 is the beginning of the buffer.
 @item M-g M-g
 @itemx M-g g
 Read a number @var{n} and move point to the beginning of line number
-@var{n} (@code{goto-line}).  Line 1 is the beginning of the buffer.
-If point is on or just after a number in the buffer, and you type
-@key{RET} with the minibuffer empty, that number is used for @var{n}.
+@var{n} (@code{goto-line}).  Line 1 is the beginning of the buffer.  If
+point is on or just after a number in the buffer, that is the default
+for @var{n}.  Just type @key{RET} in the minibuffer to use it.  You can
+also specify @var{n} by giving @kbd{M-g M-g} a numeric prefix argument.
+@xref{Select Buffer}, for the behavior of @kbd{M-g M-g} when you give it
+a plain prefix argument.
 @item C-x C-n
 @findex set-goal-column
 @kindex C-x C-n

diff --git a/doc/emacs/buffers.texi b/doc/emacs/buffers.texi
index e16e1c93133da37a49ba3aea766783897709d91c..ee7227ddbdd1c3f16735e672bbf4464b1125b21b 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/buffers.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/buffers.texi
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ addition, if the value of @code{display-buffer-reuse-frames} is
 non-@code{nil}, and the buffer you want to switch to is already
 displayed in some frame, Emacs will just raise that frame.
 
+@findex goto-line
   @kbd{C-u M-g M-g}, that is @code{goto-line} with a plain prefix
 argument, reads a number @var{n} using the minibuffer, selects the
 most recently selected buffer other than the current buffer in another