[plug] Re: setnu mode in emacs

[indy at THE-TECH.MIT.EDU]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 01:36:39PM +0800, David Buddrige wrote:
> Derek Fountain writes:
> > 
> > You can jump straight to a line: M-g 
> > 
> 
> Yes, but I still need to know what line number it is to jump to.  At the 
> moment, I know the line number containing the cursor because the line-number 
> is displayed in the status bar.  But if I want to jump directly to a line 
> several lines down containing some construct, it is very hard to know what 
> line number it is.  Subsequently, I have to use cursor keys to move down, 
> rather than being able to jump directly to the line concerned.  If I have a 
> list of line numbers on the left-hand-side of the text, then I can see the 
> line number that I want to change to.  To see what I am talking about, open 
> a text file in vi and then run the command: 
> 
>     :set nu 
> 
> And you will see the line numbers displayed along the left margin.  This is 
> the effect I want to obtain in xemacs. 8-) 
> 
> thanks guys 
> 
> David. 



do you have setnu.el installed?
I'm not sure it doesn't come with Xemacs,
but it's worth checking...

here's a link to one:

http://www.wonderworks.com/download/setnu.el


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