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RE: what-cursor-position - why not list the line # as well?


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: what-cursor-position - why not list the line # as well?
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 08:05:23 -0700

    > `what-cursor-position' gives lots of info about the cursor position,
    > including the column:
    >  Char: d (100, #o144, #x64) point=298976 (99%) column=51
    > Why not have it also provide the line #?

    Because the line number is shown by default in the mode line?

That's just the default mode-line behavior, and you cannot copy+paste the
info.

I use both the column and line numbers in the mode line, but I would still
find it handy to have both in `C-x =' also.





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