Re: line numbers in code

[Erik Steffl <steffl@bigfoot.com>]

john gennard wrote:
> 
> I'm having to look for certain lines in code and have been doing so
> by laboriously counting down the program. As many error messages
> make reference to line numbers, I feel sure there must be a simple
> way to locate say 'line 1267' How do people go about this?

  in vi you can also type (esc if you're in insert mode) :set number to
see the line numbers...

  the other way (kinda perverse) to do it is: when you're at the
beginning of the file, type in the number of the line - 1 and press j
(to go down that number of lines)...

	erik