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From: Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: line numbers
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:36:05 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ick3zow5lm.fsf@home.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.2202.1338745946.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

Andrew Michael Levin <andrew.m.levin@vanderbilt.edu> writes:

> Hi,
>
> How can I get line numbers to show up in emacs?

line number mode shows the current line number in
the status bar.

But let me give my default advice:

If you think you need to see line numbers, you
may be doing something wrong.

Those line numbers you see on a failed compilation
can be accessed directly by running the compile
inside Emacs with M-x compile, and the line in error
can be accessed without a number with M-x next-error.

M-x grep has the same facilities.

I turn line number mode on, but I can't say I actually
look at line numbers very often.

-- 
Dan Espen


       reply	other threads:[~2012-06-03 19:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.2202.1338745946.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-06-03 19:36 ` Dan Espen [this message]
2012-06-04  2:23   ` line numbers rusi
2012-06-04  6:23 ` Christian Kellermann
2012-06-03 17:36 Andrew Michael Levin
2012-06-03 17:55 ` Michaël Bruneel
2012-06-03 18:18 ` Mark Skilbeck
2012-06-03 19:02   ` Andrew Michael Levin
2012-06-03 19:08     ` Drew Adams
2012-06-04  5:57     ` Bob Proulx
2012-06-04 13:55   ` suvayu ali
2012-06-04 14:56     ` Alp Aker
2012-06-04 15:28       ` suvayu ali
2012-06-04  6:30 ` Jai Dayal
2012-06-04 13:51   ` suvayu ali
2012-06-04 16:07     ` Jai Dayal
2012-06-04 16:15       ` suvayu ali
2012-06-04 16:24       ` Drew Adams
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-04-30 22:11 Gary Wessle
2006-05-01  2:43 ` Giorgos Keramidas
2006-05-01  3:55   ` Cameron Desautels
     [not found]   ` <mailman.1166.1146455721.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-05-02  9:42     ` Gary Wessle
2006-05-01  6:33 ` Fredrik Bulow
2006-05-01  6:39 ` Burton Samograd
2003-01-16 17:24 andrew.maguire
2003-01-07  4:33 Matthew Low
2003-01-07  8:10 ` Benjamin Lewis
2003-01-07 20:17   ` Tuomo Takkula
2003-01-07 20:43     ` Benjamin Lewis
2003-01-13  8:44       ` Lee Sau Dan
2003-01-07 22:27   ` Bruce Korb
2003-01-09  2:45   ` Matthew Low
2003-01-09  5:18     ` Benjamin Lewis
     [not found]   ` <mailman.42.1041986128.21513.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-01-08 12:12     ` Reiner Steib
2003-01-13  8:44     ` Lee Sau Dan
2003-01-14 18:27       ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-01-20  7:50         ` Lee Sau Dan

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