Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!widener!ukma!memstvx1!utkcs2!ornl.gov!de5 From: de5@ornl.gov (Dave Sill) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: Message-ID: <1991May31.124641.9329@cs.utk.edu> Date: 31 May 91 12:46:41 GMT References: <1991May30.142750.9342@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> <1991May30.214338.11620@uunet.uu.net> Sender: usenet@cs.utk.edu (USENET News Poster) Reply-To: Dave Sill Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Lines: 34 In article <1991May30.214338.11620@uunet.uu.net>, kyle@uunet.uu.net (Kyle Jones) writes: > >I have to agree. I'm tired of telling people why they don't want >to see line numbers, and I'm sure they're tired of hearing it. >Emacs ought to be able to display line number at the beginning of >each line. If we can stand a kludge like selective-display, we >can stand line numbers. I know that there will be a performance >hit because Emacs line-based internally, but for those who don't >mind paying the price, let 'em pay. Emacs Lisp Code Apropos -- "numbers" disp-ln-nos 88-12-31 Richard Mlynarik, tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/as-is/disp-line.el.Z Momentarily display line numbers. line-numbers 89-02-06 Wayne Mesard, tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/as-is/line-nos.el.Z Two approaches to displaying line numbers. server-num 89-10-26 Michael S. Balenger, tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/misc/server-num.el.Z fix to server.el to allow line numbers show-lines 88-12-26 Nelson Beebe, tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/as-is/show-lines.el.Z Add and remove line numbers in a buffer. -- Dave Sill (de5@ornl.gov) It will be a great day when our schools have Martin Marietta Energy Systems all the money they need and the Air Force Workstation Support has to hold a bake sale to buy a new bomber.