From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Paul R <paul.r.ml@gmail.com>, 1497@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: bug#1497: emacs -nw loses display of line number with long lines
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:52:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <uvdtymxfw.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87abba7u0q.fsf@gmail.com>
> From: Paul R <paul.r.ml@gmail.com>
> Package: emacs
> Version: 23
> Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:15:17 +0100
> Cc:
>
> To reproduce, open emacs -nw -Q, then type a very long line, for example
> typing around 100 random characters, then C-a C-k to kill the string
> then maintain C-y to past many times to get a line taking 4 or 5 display
> lines. This is your long line. Then hit C-j.
>
> Repeat operation ten times or more to have many such long lines.
>
> Monitor line number in mode-line while operating. At a point, it will
> print L??
>
> M-: (line-number-at-pos (point)) will return correct value so it is
> likely to be a display problem.
Could it be due to the value of line-number-display-limit-width?
line-number-display-limit-width is a variable defined in `C source code'.
Its value is 200
Did you perhaps exceed the 200-character limit?
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2008-12-05 11:15 ` bug#1497: emacs -nw loses display of line number with long lines Paul R
2008-12-05 14:50 ` bug#1497: marked as done (emacs -nw loses display of line number with long lines) Emacs bug Tracking System
2008-12-05 15:52 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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