Re: line numbers

[Benjamin Lewis]

Tuomo Takkula wrote:

> Benjamin Lewis <bclewis@cs.sfu.ca> writes:
> 
>> Matthew Low wrote:
>> 
>>> I'm using Emacs 21.2.1. Is there any way to display line numbers on the
>>> screen as you are typing?
>> 
>> Yes:
>> 
>> http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?LineNumbers
>> 
>> I'm curious why you want this, though.  I've noticed a number of people
>> asking about this, and can't see where it would be useful, given some of
>> emacs' other features.
>> 
> 
> and personally I prefer to have the current line in the
> modeline. Saves a few of these precious columns of editor space...
> 
> (setq-default line-number-mode t)

Exactly.  This and things like M-x goto-line (bound to a convenient
function key), and being able to jump directly to or cycle through coding
errors from the compilation buffer, obviate the need for me to see the line
numbers in the buffer itself.

This doesn't necessarily mean it's not useful for everyone, though, which
was why I asked the question.  Or perhaps the original poster is satisfied
with line numbers on the modeline; the question is vague enough that this
is unclear.

-- 
Benjamin Lewis

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