GNU bug report logs - #44894
Highly related line number articles should mention each other

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Message #10 received at 44894-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 44894-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44894: Highly related line number articles should mention each
 other
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2020 09:18:58 +0200

> From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
>  <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
> Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2020 05:15:15 +0800
> 
> (info "(emacs) Optional Mode Line") says
> 
>       The current line number of point appears in the mode line when Line
>    Number mode is enabled.  Use the command ‘M-x line-number-mode’ to turn
>    this mode on and off; normally it is on.  The line number appears after
>    the buffer percentage POS, with the letter ‘L’ to indicate what it is.
> 
> (info "(emacs) Display Custom")
> 
>       If you want to have Emacs display line numbers for every line in the
>    buffer, customize the buffer-local variable ‘display-line-numbers’; it
>    is ‘nil’ by default.  This variable can have several different values to
>    support various modes of line-number display:
> 
> OK, but each should also mention
> 
>    By the way, see also ...
> 
> referring to the other!

They are unrelated features, although the use the same words.

Closing.

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