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Re: line numbers


From: Matthew Low
Subject: Re: line numbers
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 18:45:55 -0800

I meant to show line numbers for every line on display, for example down
the left margin of the screen. I'll implement this program as soon as I
learn to use .el files. Thanks a lot.

Matthew Low


On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Benjamin Lewis wrote:

> 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.
>
> --
> Benjamin Lewis
>
> A small, but vocal, contingent even argues that tin is superior, but they
> are held by most to be the lunatic fringe of Foil Deflector Beanie science.
>



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