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> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 15:57:49 +0100
> 
> >>>>> On Wed, 4 Dec 2019 09:47:04 -0500, jonetsu <jonetsu@teksavvy.com> said:
> 
>     jonetsu> When browsing large text files, 'L??' is shown instead of line
>     jonetsu> numbers.  Is it possible to have line numbers, is there an option hat
>     jonetsu> would allow it ?  Would be useful in setting bookmarks.
> 
> I assume you mean in the mode line? What's your value of
> line-number-display-limit?

There's also line-number-display-limit-width, for when the file has
long lines.