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I'm on MacOS 10.15.7, using BBedit 13.5.5. Under "Go ->" There is only Go to Line Number. I want to go to character 145 of the file.

Ken White
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Here's a crib from page 103 of the user manual (you'll find it on the Help menu):

Alternatively, you can jump to an absolute character offset, by using the ‘line:column’ syntax but leaving the ‘line’ blank or specifying it as zero. For example, entering “0:1500” or “:1500” will cause BBEdit to place the insertion point before the 1500th character in the document. (The range syntax works too; so you could use “0:12-0:56” to select characters 12 through 56.)

siegel
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Correct - if you select Go from the menu, it says, after selecting Line Number:

:C character offset C in document

So, :20 goes to position 20. But, I have found it is off a few characters, perhaps it is not counting line feed.

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