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: visual line-counting Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 05:35:48 +0300 Message-ID: <83tw33scfv.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83podttfpy.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1498444577 10247 195.159.176.226 (26 Jun 2017 02:36:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 02:36:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Joseph Garvin Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 26 04:36:12 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 1dPJsp-0002Fg-AZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Jun 2017 04:36:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44423 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dPJsr-000880-E7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Jun 2017 22:36:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46001) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dPJsi-00087v-K0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jun 2017 22:36:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dPJsf-0000Eo-Hw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jun 2017 22:36:04 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:54149) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dPJsf-0000Ek-Ew; Sun, 25 Jun 2017 22:36:01 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:3287 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1dPJse-0003B2-0j; Sun, 25 Jun 2017 22:36:00 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Joseph Garvin on Sun, 25 Jun 2017 14:31:43 -0500) 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:215985 Archived-At: > From: Joseph Garvin > Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2017 14:31:43 -0500 > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > > I take it for granted when using emacs that there is some configuration work involved. As long as there is a > function I can bind for up/down that matches the the relative line numbering, it's not super important to me > that they automatically are synced somehow. FWIW, visual line mode automagically rebinds the navigation > keys already, so if the relative line numbering was just labeling the lines as visual line mode renders them, > rendering and input should line up. I don't think it's a good idea to invent yet another way of vertical cursor motion. We have enough trouble with the 2 ways we have now.