From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: divya@subvertising.org
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [FEATURE] On line-numbers inside Org Babel Source Blocks.
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2024 15:15:23 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sevc76k4.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <afb5b33004fbef035c47c2b2560552b4@subvertising.org>
divya@subvertising.org writes:
> I've been using Org Mode for literate programming purposes, and would
> like to have line-numbers within `src` blocks. I am able to export the
> Org buffer and get the line-numbers, but I am unable to do the same
> with regards to just in Org buffers. I am aware of `org-edit-special`,
> but I would rather appreciate if I can just look at a piece of code
> and know how long it is. I believe a header argument can be useful in
> toggling this.
I agree that it would be nice to have line numbering in code blocks.
> Since the source blocks can already implement syntax highlighting,
> font and other means of interacting with displaying Babel source
> blocks, theoretically this shouldn't be that difficult to implement?
> I'd be glad to help implementing this feature, if I can be slightly
> guided on where to refer to look for in the codebase.
AFAIK, it is not very easy. Syntax highlighting is just a matter of
applying the right text properties, but not line numbers.
Native line numbering in Emacs is implemented on low level, and is not
very exposed to Elisp. There is a limited set of options available for
customization - all in `display-line-numbers' variable. See "16.24
Customization of Display" section in Emacs manual.
I do not know anything built-in that can help in our situation, with
line numbers to be applied selectively.
We may try the approach taken by the old linum-mode, except that linum
is infamous for its poor performance. So, it might be better to hack on
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/elpa.git/tree/nlinum.el?h=externals/nlinum
as suggested in lisp/obsolete/linum.el commentary.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-08-10 15:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-08-07 13:59 [FEATURE] On line-numbers inside Org Babel Source Blocks divya
2024-08-09 21:30 ` Divya
2024-08-10 15:15 ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2024-08-11 9:50 ` Phil Estival
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