master 9cb3813550: * etc/NEWS: Add instructions for replacing 'linum'. (Bug#58220)

[Stefan Kangas]

branch: master
commit 9cb38135505d65c6d171da721831bb542e1074ae
Author: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
Commit: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>

    * etc/NEWS: Add instructions for replacing 'linum'.  (Bug#58220)
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 etc/NEWS | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index b616c5382c..fc7d89719b 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -443,6 +443,20 @@ We recommend using either the built-in 
'display-line-numbers-mode', or
 the 'nlinum' package from GNU ELPA instead.  The former has better
 performance, but the latter is closer to a drop-in replacement.
 
+1. To use 'display-line-numbers-mode', add something like this to your
+   Init file:
+
+    (global-display-line-numbers-mode 1)
+    ;; Alternatively, to use it only in programming modes:
+    (add-hook 'prog-mode-hook #'display-line-numbers-mode)
+
+2. To use 'nlinum', add this to your Init file:
+
+    (package-install 'nlinum)
+    (global-nlinum-mode 1)
+    ;; Alternatively, to use it only in programming modes:
+    (add-hook 'prog-mode-hook #'nlinum-mode)
+
 ---
 ** The thumbs.el library is now obsolete.
 We recommend using 'M-x image-dired' instead.