* bug#44894: Highly related line number articles should mention each other
@ 2020-11-26 21:15 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2020-11-27 7:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson @ 2020-11-26 21:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 44894
(info "(emacs) Optional Mode Line") says
The current line number of point appears in the mode line when Line
Number mode is enabled. Use the command ‘M-x line-number-mode’ to turn
this mode on and off; normally it is on. The line number appears after
the buffer percentage POS, with the letter ‘L’ to indicate what it is.
(info "(emacs) Display Custom")
If you want to have Emacs display line numbers for every line in the
buffer, customize the buffer-local variable ‘display-line-numbers’; it
is ‘nil’ by default. This variable can have several different values to
support various modes of line-number display:
OK, but each should also mention
By the way, see also ...
referring to the other!
emacs-version "27.1"
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* bug#44894: Highly related line number articles should mention each other
2020-11-26 21:15 bug#44894: Highly related line number articles should mention each other 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
@ 2020-11-27 7:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-27 22:39 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2020-11-27 7:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson; +Cc: 44894-done
> From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
> <jidanni@jidanni.org>
> Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2020 05:15:15 +0800
>
> (info "(emacs) Optional Mode Line") says
>
> The current line number of point appears in the mode line when Line
> Number mode is enabled. Use the command ‘M-x line-number-mode’ to turn
> this mode on and off; normally it is on. The line number appears after
> the buffer percentage POS, with the letter ‘L’ to indicate what it is.
>
> (info "(emacs) Display Custom")
>
> If you want to have Emacs display line numbers for every line in the
> buffer, customize the buffer-local variable ‘display-line-numbers’; it
> is ‘nil’ by default. This variable can have several different values to
> support various modes of line-number display:
>
> OK, but each should also mention
>
> By the way, see also ...
>
> referring to the other!
They are unrelated features, although the use the same words.
Closing.
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* bug#44894: Highly related line number articles should mention each other
2020-11-27 7:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2020-11-27 22:39 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson @ 2020-11-27 22:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: 44894-done, rms
>>>>> "EZ" == Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
>> <jidanni@jidanni.org>
>> Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2020 05:15:15 +0800
>>
>> (info "(emacs) Optional Mode Line") says
>>
>> The current line number of point appears in the mode line when Line
>> Number mode is enabled. Use the command ‘M-x line-number-mode’ to turn
>> this mode on and off; normally it is on. The line number appears after
>> the buffer percentage POS, with the letter ‘L’ to indicate what it is.
>>
>> (info "(emacs) Display Custom")
>>
>> If you want to have Emacs display line numbers for every line in the
>> buffer, customize the buffer-local variable ‘display-line-numbers’; it
>> is ‘nil’ by default. This variable can have several different values to
>> support various modes of line-number display:
>>
>> OK, but each should also mention
>>
>> By the way, see also ...
>>
>> referring to the other!
EZ> They are unrelated features, although the use the same words.
EZ> Closing.
I would at least say on those pages "don't confuse this X with the
'unrelated' Y" then.
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