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bug#1497: emacs -nw loses display of line number with long lines
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#1497: emacs -nw loses display of line number with long lines |
Date: |
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:52:19 +0200 |
> From: Paul R <paul.r.ml@gmail.com>
> Package: emacs
> Version: 23
> Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:15:17 +0100
> Cc:
>
> To reproduce, open emacs -nw -Q, then type a very long line, for example
> typing around 100 random characters, then C-a C-k to kill the string
> then maintain C-y to past many times to get a line taking 4 or 5 display
> lines. This is your long line. Then hit C-j.
>
> Repeat operation ten times or more to have many such long lines.
>
> Monitor line number in mode-line while operating. At a point, it will
> print L??
>
> M-: (line-number-at-pos (point)) will return correct value so it is
> likely to be a display problem.
Could it be due to the value of line-number-display-limit-width?
line-number-display-limit-width is a variable defined in `C source code'.
Its value is 200
Did you perhaps exceed the 200-character limit?