Re: Make Emacs show current column

[Mario Domenech Goulart]

On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:01:32 +0100 Jon Loldrup <loldrup@gmail.com> wrote:

> 2010/1/14 Mario Domenech Goulart <mario.goulart@gmail.com>:
>
>> On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:31:34 -0800 (PST) loldrup2 <loldrup@diku.dk> wrote:
>>
>>> My Emacs gladly displays the current line (L50 if anyone cares), but not the
>>> current column. I've seen other Emacs' doing it, so I know its possible. But
>>> how do I turn it on?
>>> I'm using emacs 23.11
>>
>> Try M-x column-number-mode
>
> Thank you. But how do I then make it stay that way when restarting emacs?

Add

    (setq column-number-mode t)

to your ~/.emacs file.

Best wishes.
Mario