Hi Eli,
I have been testing out the line numbers branch for past few days. I see a tremendous improvement over the first cut (and thank you for adding the current line number highlight feature).
I have just 1 remark:
The line numbers column disappears at times. I have seen that to happen only when the emacs *frame* is not in focus. As soon as I click on that window, the line numbers re-appear. I don't yet have a recipe to consistently recreate this.
Thanks.