Re: add a popup menu to toggle line-number-mode and column-number-mode

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Juri Linkov wrote:
> > The line number entry on the mode line is one of the very few that is
> > not mouse sensitive.
> >
> > Adding a popup menu there that can be used to toggle line-number-mode
> > and column-number-mode seems very intuitive: set a property by
> > clicking on it's graphical representation.
> >
> > Here's a proof of concept implementation. It am sure it can be improved.
> >
> > Opinions?
>
> I recall there was an idea to bind mouse clicks on the line number to
> `goto-line'.

They can of course be combined.

How about a more general module for popup menus where different modules 
can register for popup menus. This could be bound to <apps> -- and 
perhaps right click, since that is what users expect at least in most 
w32 programs.