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Re: something like linum.el ought to be added
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Leo |
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Re: something like linum.el ought to be added |
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Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:43:29 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.110007 Emacs/23.0.50 (20070901) Fedora 7 (gnu/linux) |
On 2007-09-09 11:04 +0100, Joe Wells wrote:
> The approach to line numbering in linum.el seems to work well and
> seems to be fast and robust. I suggest it would be a good idea to
> officially add it, or something like it, to Emacs.
>
> This would allow line numbering like many other programs do, with a
> line number prefixed to each line on the left. The current
> line-number-mode is not what many users want.
>
> The linum.el file can be found at:
>
> http://stud4.tuwien.ac.at/~e0225855/linum/linum.html
I think it is an excellent addition to Emacs. This feature has been
requested for many years now.
> I suggest the following improvement to linum.el be considered:
>
> • The line number should be put in its own face; linum.el puts it in
> the face default.
>
> • The line number should be put in the display margins. This would
> allow better display of long lines that wrap around. The code in
> linum.el appears to be making some attempt to do this, but doesn't
> seem to actually use the margins.
>
> I hope this suggestion is useful.
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- Re: something like linum.el ought to be added, (continued)
- Re: something like linum.el ought to be added, Stefan Monnier, 2007/09/17
- Re: something like linum.el ought to be added, Richard Stallman, 2007/09/17
- Re: something like linum.el ought to be added, Stefan Monnier, 2007/09/17
- Re: something like linum.el ought to be added, Richard Stallman, 2007/09/17
- Re: something like linum.el ought to be added, Stefan Monnier, 2007/09/18
Re: something like linum.el ought to be added, martin rudalics, 2007/09/11
Re: something like linum.el ought to be added,
Leo <=