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From: Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Line Number in the mode line shows ??.
Date: Sun, 16 May 2021 06:43:23 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <trinity-a65dc537-87a4-4954-91f4-ae090010dcec-1621140203417@3c-app-mailcom-bs16> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8335unwbfu.fsf@gnu.org>

When I load the file, the line number is there and is correct.  Howewer, when
I start changing the file, I then get "??".  It continues to be "??" even when
I save the file.  


Then I close emacs and load the file to get the line number correct again.



> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2021 at 4:27 PM
> From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@gnu.org>
> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Line Number in the mode line shows ??.
>
> > From: Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>
> > Date: Sun, 16 May 2021 06:05:57 +0200
> > Sensitivity: Normal
> > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> > 
> > > > After writing many lines in a file, the Line Number in the mode line
> > > > shows ??.
> > > 
> > > Look for "Optional Mode Line Features" in the Emacs manual.
> >  
> > How would that help?  Looks as a bug to me.
> 
> Because it isn't a bug, it's a feature, and the section pointed out by
> Óscar explains how it works and how to control it.
> 
>



  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-05-16  4:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-16  2:13 Line Number in the mode line shows ?? Christopher Dimech
2021-05-16  3:01 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-05-16  4:05   ` Christopher Dimech
2021-05-16  4:27     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-16  4:34       ` Christopher Dimech
2021-05-16  5:21         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-16  4:43       ` Christopher Dimech [this message]
2021-05-16  5:29         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-16  6:09           ` Christopher Dimech
2021-05-16  6:34             ` Eli Zaretskii

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