Re: setnu-mode and Emacs 21.

[Samuel Padgett]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

> I think if we want to do this in Emacs we should arrange for Emacs to
> do it automatically as part of redisplay.  It could show the line
> numbers in the display margins, and it should avoid altering the
> buffer contents in any way.

This would be a nice feature for those who use Viper.  Not only
would it allow Viper to emulate ":set nu" from Vi, many of Viper's
ex commands accept line addresses that are easier to calculate
when the numbers appear in the margin.

Sam