From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: enabling setnu-mode on startup Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:25:06 -0600 Organization: IHS Message-ID: References: <1156717959.074454.278570@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1156879689 10460 80.91.229.2 (29 Aug 2006 19:28:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:28:09 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 29 21:28:08 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GI9FV-0000bA-SY for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:27:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GI9FU-0002eT-IP for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:27:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GI9FD-0002b1-VN for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:27:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GI9FA-0002T5-2c for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:27:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GI9F9-0002SR-JG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:27:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GI9ON-0008A1-Tk for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:37:00 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1GI9EU-0000HA-6T for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:26:46 +0200 Original-Received: from 207.167.42.206 ([207.167.42.206]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:26:46 +0200 Original-Received: from ihs_4664 by 207.167.42.206 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:26:46 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 26 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.167.42.206 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Windows/20060719) In-Reply-To: <1156717959.074454.278570@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:37041 Archived-At: Tejas Kokje wrote: > Hello, > > I am using setnu.el script from > http://www.wonderworks.com/download/setnu.el. > > I have edited my .emacs file and I am able to get line numbers on my > current buffer with 'M-x setnu-mode' . However, if I open a new > buffer, those line numbers don't show up there and I have to redo 'M-x > setnu-mode'. That's the way almost all minor modes work: they are buffer local. > What should I put in my .emacs file so that I have to do 'M-x > setnu-mode' only once for all buffers ? Also is there a way I can > enable setnu-mode on emacs startup so that I don't have to type in > every time I fire up emacs ? This will take care of all buffers that are visiting files (vs. *scratch*, *Messages*, *info*, *shell*, etc.): (add-hook 'find-file-hook 'turn-on-setnu-mode) (add-hook 'find-file-not-found-hooks 'turn-on-setnu-mode) -- Kevin