From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Native display of line numbers Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 22:51:56 +0300 Message-ID: <83k247wyar.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83lgoqzm0v.fsf@gnu.org> <20170619183945.GA3187@acm> <83o9tjwzdi.fsf@gnu.org> <20170619193838.GB3187@acm> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1497901971 19292 195.159.176.226 (19 Jun 2017 19:52:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 19:52:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 19 21:52:46 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dN2j8-0004dM-2W for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Jun 2017 21:52:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44119 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dN2jD-0006Ee-9w for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Jun 2017 15:52:51 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:32785) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dN2if-0006EV-1A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Jun 2017 15:52:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dN2iY-0008H1-KT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Jun 2017 15:52:13 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:50178) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dN2iY-0008Gr-Gx; Mon, 19 Jun 2017 15:52:10 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1307 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1dN2iX-0000tz-Gz; Mon, 19 Jun 2017 15:52:10 -0400 In-reply-to: <20170619193838.GB3187@acm> (message from Alan Mackenzie on Mon, 19 Jun 2017 19:38:38 +0000) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:215795 Archived-At: > Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 19:38:38 +0000 > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > From: Alan Mackenzie > > > (I'm surprised that someone could be sensitive to one less column with > > today's large screens, especially after giving up several columns for > > the numbers.) > > My screen is 240 characters wide. Split that into three follow-mode > windows, and those windows are 79, 79, 80 wide. With much code being "a > bit less than 80" wide, that extra space might make for quite a few more > continued lines. The line numbers are displayed using a distinct face, so you can customize that face to use a smaller font and get back your extra column, or at least part of it. > The extra space at the rim of the monitor does kind of stand out rather, > though. I actually find numbers flushed all the way to the left uglier, but that's me (and is not the reason why I usurped that column).