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.
>
>
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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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