From a57855348341242c934c010bc50480dca143c471 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Monnier Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:38:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (goto-line): Fix up docstring. --- lisp/simple.el | 15 +++++++++------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el index 954009e6609..ad8e71fc6b5 100644 --- a/lisp/simple.el +++ b/lisp/simple.el @@ -847,12 +847,15 @@ that uses or sets the mark." "Goto LINE, counting from line 1 at beginning of buffer. Normally, move point in the current buffer, and leave mark at the previous position. With just \\[universal-argument] as argument, -move point in the most recently selected other buffer, and switch -to it. When called from Lisp code, the optional argument BUFFER -specifies a buffer to switch to. +move point in the most recently selected other buffer, and switch to it. -If there's a number in the buffer at point, it is the default for -LINE." +If there's a number in the buffer at point, it is the default for LINE. + +This function is usually the wrong thing to use in a Lisp program. +What you probably want instead is something like: + (goto-char (point-min)) (forward-line (1- N)) +If at all possible, an even better solution is to use char counts +rather than line counts." (interactive (if (and current-prefix-arg (not (consp current-prefix-arg))) (list (prefix-numeric-value current-prefix-arg)) @@ -892,7 +895,7 @@ LINE." ;; Move to the specified line number in that buffer. (save-restriction (widen) - (goto-char 1) + (goto-char (point-min)) (if (eq selective-display t) (re-search-forward "[\n\C-m]" nil 'end (1- line)) (forward-line (1- line))))) -- 2.39.5