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Suppose I want to jump x amount of lines up or down. Is there a convenient command for it?

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    Say you want to jump 5 lines: c-u 5 and then c-p, c-n or arrows. A shortcut would be M-5 and then navigation keys.
    – Pouya
    Jan 9, 2020 at 12:38
  • Suppose I want to create my own keybinding to jumping 10 lines. How would I do that?
    – Prikshet Sharma
    Jan 9, 2020 at 13:00
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    Please ask one question per post.
    – Dan ♦
    Jan 9, 2020 at 13:03
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    @PrikshetSharma, you can do something like (global-set-key (kbd "C-p") (lambda () (interactive) (previous-line 5))). But I would absolutely not recommend it. You should get used to c-u number shortcuts which you can use in other places.
    – Pouya
    Jan 9, 2020 at 13:07
  • What @Dan said. This question is about how to find an existing command that does what you want. A different question is how to bind a command to a key. And please use Search here, to see if your question has already been posted (avoid duplicates). With Search you can enter a tag name, in brackets. e.g. [help]. Tag [help] is about Emacs commands that provide help such as what you're looking for, of which apropos-command is one.
    – Drew
    Jan 9, 2020 at 17:47

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To discover an existing command that moves up or down lines, use command apropos-command, bound to C-h a by default.

Commands involving lines often have line in their name. So try that: C-h a line RET. Among the displayed command names and their descriptions, you'll find next-line and previous-line.

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