Re: Native display of line numbers

[Stefan Monnier]

>> Indeed, to make it fast enough it probably needs to count lines using
>> the matrices rather than the buffer.
> No, I cannot use the glyph matrices, because the line numbers are
> generated when the glyph matrix is created, and because the previous
> matrix cannot be trusted in general.

Can't you fill the glyph matrix with some filler while building the
matrix and at the end go back to put the line numbers?

> I need to use the move_it_in_display_line_to and its ilk instead.

That will make it costly, indeed.


        Stefan