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From: davis@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu ("John E. Davis")
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Subject: line numbers in mode line
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Date: 21 Aug 90 20:57:47 GMT
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Hi,

   I know it is impractical to display the cursor position on the mode line
and keep it constantly updated.  However it does seem reasonable to display a
range of line numbers on the mode line.  That is, in addition to displaying the
percentage of the buffer above top of window why not also display the range of
line numbers the window is currently viewing.  I have looked into this by
checking out the variable mode-line-format but I still do not know how to
implement this feature.  Any suggestions?

Thanks,
--
John

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