Roy...great minds think alike :)
> Fair enough, but it *doesn't* move me to the nearest line to 100 - it leaves
> the '*' line exactly where it was. So why not 'Error: No Line'?
>
> Can I get 'L' to do what I want, or are there drawbacks in this?

I was fighting that problem this weekend, after texting in a 100,000+ line
file.

In my case, QEDIT assigned non-predictable line numbers (e.g., 1.003, 1.027),
so I could'nt even say "list X.01".  (I submitted an enhancement request to
default the line number increment to integral divisors of 1, rather than
to the closed possible value.)

However, I have a workaround for you, which doesn't require using the VI cmd:

To list the line closest to 100, try:

   list 100+1

The drawback there is that if 100 *existed*, you won't see it.

So, try:

   list 100/100+1

Hope that helps!

Stan
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