Move to a specific line number

To jump to a particular line use M-g M-g and enter the line number.

The current line number of the cursor is displayed in the modeline (the bar near the bottom of the window with various information displayed).

TobyHaynes

Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to left-click on the line number in the mode-line and choose a new line? I see various ‘clickables’ built into the mode-line but nothing for column or line number.
- Ben Maughan
  
  Do you mean to click on the mode-line and type in a number? I’m not sure I see the benefit as this would seem slower than using M-g M-g, or am I missing something? For my taste, I prefer to use the mouse as little as possible.
  - TobyHaynes
    
    This being emacs I think we’d want something smarter. Maybe a list of line numbers inferred from recent mark positions, or the kill ring, or some semantically interesting list (function defs, etc).