[plug] setnu mode in emacs

[Rob Dunne]

hi
  is
M-x line-number-mode 
any good  -- puts the line number in the status  bar

David Buddrige writes:
 > Hi all, 
 > 
 > Under the vi editor, you can display line numbers by using the command 
 > 
 >     :set nu 
 > 
 > A similar effect can be done using emacs toggling the system variable 
 > 
 >     setnu-mode 
 > 
 > using M-x 
 > 
 > 
 > However because of the need to use a client's custom lisp program, I have to 
 > use xemacs at the moment, and xemacs does not seem to recognise setnu-mode. 
 > 
 > Does anyone know how to display line-numbers on xemacs? 
 > 
 > thanks heaps guys 
 > 
 > David. 

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