Make Emacs show current column

Make Emacs show current column

[loldrup2]

Hi

My Emacs gladly displays the current line (L50 if anyone cares), but not the
current column. I've seen other Emacs' doing it, so I know its possible. But
how do I turn it on?
I'm using emacs 23.11
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Re: Make Emacs show current column

[Mario Domenech Goulart]

Hi

On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:31:34 -0800 (PST) loldrup2 <loldrup@diku.dk> wrote:

> My Emacs gladly displays the current line (L50 if anyone cares), but not the
> current column. I've seen other Emacs' doing it, so I know its possible. But
> how do I turn it on?
> I'm using emacs 23.11

Try M-x column-number-mode

Best wishes.
Mario

Re: Make Emacs show current column

[Jon Loldrup]

2010/1/14 Mario Domenech Goulart <mario.goulart@gmail.com>:
> Hi
>
> On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:31:34 -0800 (PST) loldrup2 <loldrup@diku.dk> wrote:
>
>> My Emacs gladly displays the current line (L50 if anyone cares), but not the
>> current column. I've seen other Emacs' doing it, so I know its possible. But
>> how do I turn it on?
>> I'm using emacs 23.11
>
> Try M-x column-number-mode

Thank you. But how do I then make it stay that way when restarting emacs?


kind regards Jon Loldrup

RE: Make Emacs show current column

[Drew Adams]

> My Emacs gladly displays the current line (L50 if anyone 
> cares), but not the
> current column. I've seen other Emacs' doing it, so I know 
> its possible. But
> how do I turn it on?
> I'm using emacs 23.11

`column-number-mode'.
See the Emacs manual, node `Position Info'.

Re: Make Emacs show current column

[Mario Domenech Goulart]

On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:01:32 +0100 Jon Loldrup <loldrup@gmail.com> wrote:

> 2010/1/14 Mario Domenech Goulart <mario.goulart@gmail.com>:
>
>> On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:31:34 -0800 (PST) loldrup2 <loldrup@diku.dk> wrote:
>>
>>> My Emacs gladly displays the current line (L50 if anyone cares), but not the
>>> current column. I've seen other Emacs' doing it, so I know its possible. But
>>> how do I turn it on?
>>> I'm using emacs 23.11
>>
>> Try M-x column-number-mode
>
> Thank you. But how do I then make it stay that way when restarting emacs?

Add

    (setq column-number-mode t)

to your ~/.emacs file.

Best wishes.
Mario

Re: Make Emacs show current column

[loldrup2]

Mario Domenech Goulart-2 wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:01:32 +0100 Jon Loldrup <loldrup@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 2010/1/14 Mario Domenech Goulart <mario.goulart@gmail.com>:
>>
>>> On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:31:34 -0800 (PST) loldrup2 <loldrup@diku.dk>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> My Emacs gladly displays the current line (L50 if anyone cares), but
>>>> not the
>>>> current column. I've seen other Emacs' doing it, so I know its
>>>> possible. But
>>>> how do I turn it on?
>>>> I'm using emacs 23.11
>>>
>>> Try M-x column-number-mode
>>
>> Thank you. But how do I then make it stay that way when restarting emacs?
> 
> Add
> 
>     (setq column-number-mode t)
> 
> to your ~/.emacs file.
> 

Straight to the point - thank you for the answer! :)


kind regards Jon Loldrup
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Re: Make Emacs show current column

[Teemu Likonen]

On 2010-01-14 12:18 (-0800), loldrup2 wrote:

> Mario Domenech Goulart-2 wrote:
>>     (setq column-number-mode t)
>> 
>> to your ~/.emacs file.

> Straight to the point - thank you for the answer! :)

I think turning on the minor mode, instead of just setting the variable,
is more official way:

    (column-number-mode 1)