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From: tk@bonnie.UUCP (Tom Kirk)
Newsgroups: net.emacs
Subject: line numbers in editors (emacs)
Message-ID: <580@bonnie.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 11-Oct-85 10:31:22 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 11 10:31:22 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 12-Oct-85 19:16:37 EDT
Reply-To: tk@bonnie.UUCP (Tom Kirk)
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I need some arguments for why line numbers in editors (emacs in
particular) are unnecessary, if not undesirable. I'm initiating someone
here to Gnu Emacs; he thinks that it has a major deficiency in not
providing the opportunity to associate numbers with the lines of the
buffer. His normal editor is the emacs written by Warren Montgomery
(nothing bad to say about this one), which does have this feature if
you want it.  He has it firmly fixed in his mind that he can't live
without them.  I find them to be rather obtrusive, taking up valuable
space on the screen; there always seems to be a better way to orient
yourself within the buffer.

Any convincing arguments/support for why they should stay out of Gnu 
Emacs, or is it a hopeless issue of personal taste?

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tom kirk
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