From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andrew Michael Levin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: line numbers Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 21:02:43 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20120603181838.GA2517@mark-laptop> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1338750182 11241 80.91.229.3 (3 Jun 2012 19:03:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 19:03:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Mark Skilbeck Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 03 21:03:01 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SbG4q-0007bR-Rh for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 03 Jun 2012 21:03:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48524 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SbG4q-00066E-IZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:03:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:40323) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SbG4k-00065w-3y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:02:55 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SbG4i-0001bh-9R for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:02:53 -0400 Original-Received: from ch1ehsobe004.messaging.microsoft.com ([216.32.181.184]:54415 helo=ch1outboundpool.messaging.microsoft.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SbG4i-0001bF-4Y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:02:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mail91-ch1-R.bigfish.com (10.43.68.226) by CH1EHSOBE010.bigfish.com (10.43.70.60) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 14.1.225.23; Sun, 3 Jun 2012 19:02:13 +0000 Original-Received: from mail91-ch1 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail91-ch1-R.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E067C802CB for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2012 19:02:12 +0000 (UTC) X-Forefront-Antispam-Report: CIP:129.59.15.81; KIP:(null); UIP:(null); IPV:NLI; H:ITS-HCWNEM72.vanderbilt.edu; RD:none; EFVD:NLI X-SpamScore: -5 X-BigFish: VPS-5(z2b68kz9371I1432N98dKzz1202hz4ejz8275dhz2dh2a8h668h839hf0ah) Original-Received: from mail91-ch1 (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail91-ch1 (MessageSwitch) id 1338750129519183_6336; Sun, 3 Jun 2012 19:02:09 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: from CH1EHSMHS010.bigfish.com (snatpool2.int.messaging.microsoft.com [10.43.68.231]) by mail91-ch1.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D609E0048 for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2012 19:02:09 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: from ITS-HCWNEM72.vanderbilt.edu (129.59.15.81) by CH1EHSMHS010.bigfish.com (10.43.70.10) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.1.225.23; Sun, 3 Jun 2012 19:02:09 +0000 Original-Received: from mail-bk0-f41.google.com (209.85.214.41) by fairbankstavern02.vanderbilt.edu (10.1.140.92) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 14.1.323.3; Sun, 3 Jun 2012 14:06:29 -0500 Original-Received: by bkcjm19 with SMTP id jm19so3714330bkc.0 for ; Sun, 03 Jun 2012 12:02:43 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=rJCg3oq9WgFV42+bJWsbcFSoqEWBpynxVquhRaBPwWg=; b=HqSieILB/mUbTs8FSWUSgQKZ1UqNIswOzKR8FsbrsTSoE86NMqnXoPQFxPxRndaJKr LtiPHhrhwImaXOMswl4QbI63AlkoSkA7E+xmmtXqIk3mrmrxztP/VVHeSZUNzjj4c//2 K+rcu6WTNpe7S0YiwNY4syI3cqUUS5Xhi6rkMtbJMyfe9XToFTUEGh5KCVn9HfCWWS0W OnM95oXaTbIgS0vlInvzLZpbwyMhzs25nWmwg2Et22wu3sd6iR/RTrpEAp91v+0FnPoc hmYzldO0yec25xW6FgZvKSlPFlYwc8ffjTl3s+aEfNUW99QTjR7pAlT4xtlWMvik63sn hDFg== Original-Received: by 10.204.150.92 with SMTP id x28mr5052538bkv.61.1338750163655; Sun, 03 Jun 2012 12:02:43 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.204.170.140 with HTTP; Sun, 3 Jun 2012 12:02:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20120603181838.GA2517@mark-laptop> X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQl7o3oQNwN+r7+XHFWw+/G/g8/MM/4Yv33xu1nSI3Ecd8tNPCvd9xDFJIlEDiITlMTkxNYV X-OriginatorOrg: vanderbilt.edu X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Windows XP/2000 (RFC1323+, w+, tstamp-) X-Received-From: 216.32.181.184 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:85089 Archived-At: 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 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 >> > > -- > - mgsk. > > if all you young men / were fish in the water > how many young girls / would undress and dive after >