[plug] Re: setnu mode in emacs

[David Buddrige]

Thanks for that.  Do you know where I would put this file in order to 
'install' it? 


thanks heaps 8-) 

David. 

indy at THE-TECH.MIT.EDU writes: 

> 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 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Indranath Neogy
> <indy at the-tech.mit.edu> 
>