From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matthew Low Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: line numbers Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 18:45:55 -0800 Organization: University of California, Berkeley Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1042080729 18288 80.91.224.249 (9 Jan 2003 02:52:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 02:52:09 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18WSng-0004kp-00 for ; Thu, 09 Jan 2003 03:52:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18WSmR-0005L2-05 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Jan 2003 21:50:51 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!agate.berkeley.edu!agate!cory.EECS.Berkeley.EDU!mlow Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 29 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: cory.eecs.berkeley.edu Original-X-Trace: agate.berkeley.edu 1042080357 13217 128.32.48.187 (9 Jan 2003 02:45:57 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@agate.berkeley.edu Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 02:45:57 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:108756 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:5285 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:5285 I meant to show line numbers for every line on display, for example down the left margin of the screen. I'll implement this program as soon as I learn to use .el files. Thanks a lot. Matthew Low On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Benjamin Lewis wrote: > Matthew Low wrote: > > > I'm using Emacs 21.2.1. Is there any way to display line numbers on the > > screen as you are typing? > > Yes: > > http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?LineNumbers > > I'm curious why you want this, though. I've noticed a number of people > asking about this, and can't see where it would be useful, given some of > emacs' other features. > > -- > Benjamin Lewis > > A small, but vocal, contingent even argues that tin is superior, but they > are held by most to be the lunatic fringe of Foil Deflector Beanie science. >