Re: line numbers

[Andrew Michael Levin <andrew.m.levin@vanderbilt.edu>]

Hi,

So, what does

(line-number-mode t) ; show line numbers

do exactly? I added this to my .emacs and I don't see any change even
after I opened a new emacs session in a new terminal.

Andrew

On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 8:18 PM, Mark Skilbeck <m@iammark.us> wrote:
> Adding to the previous reply suggesting line-number-mode, there are
> also packages that show line-numbers *in the buffer* to which people
> coming from outside Emacs are familiar. Depending on your Emacs
> version, you may have the Linum package already installed. If so, M-x
> linum-mode will interest you. Otherwise, you can find it on the
> internet[1].
>
> That said, I personally find the line-numbers along the left of a
> buffer somewhat intrusive and unnecessary. The line-number shown in
> the status area suffices and doesn't take up my precious screen space!
>
> [1] http://emacswiki.org/emacs/LineNumbers#toc5
>
> On Sun, Jun 03, 2012 at 07:36:27PM +0200, Andrew Michael Levin wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> How can I get line numbers to show up in emacs?
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>
> --
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>
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