# jEdit 2.6 User's Guide

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## Chapter 4. Advanced Features

# Markers

Once a marker has been set at a particular location in a buffer, it can be quickly returned to at any time. Any number of markers can be set in each buffer, and markers are persistent; they are saved to `.`filename`.marks`, where `filename` is the file name. (The dot prefix makes the marks file hidden on Unix systems).

Search>Set Marker (keyboard equivalent: Control-E Control-M) will prompt for a marker name (the default being the selected text) and set a marker at the caret position.

To return to a previously set marker, select it from the Search>Go to Marker menu. Alternatively, use the Search>Go to Previous Marker (keyboard equivalent: Alt-Up Arrow) and Search>Go to Next Marker (keyboard equivalent: Alt-Down Arrow) commands, which move the caret to the closest marker before and after the caret, respectively.

To remove a marker from the current buffer, select it from the Search>Clear Marker menu.

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