[plug] Re: setnu mode in emacs

[David Buddrige]

Thanks Rob. 

I've already got line-number-mode turned on.  However that only tells me the 
current line number.  If I want to jump directly to a particular point in 
the file, I'd have to count the lines to see how many down from the current 
line it is.  By enabling line-numbers along the side - as with vi's :set nu 
option, I can straight-away see the line number and therefore jump directly 
to it. 8-) 

cheers 

David.
Rob Dunne writes: 

> 
> 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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