GNU bug report logs - #5042
23.1; linum-mode gives incorrect line numbers with narrowed buffers

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Message #157 received at 5042 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 5042 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 9917 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca,
 dmoncayo <at> gmail.com, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, larsi <at> gnus.org
Subject: Re: bug#9917: bug#5042: bug#9917: 24.0.90; Make `goto-line'
 consistent with the line number from the minibuffer
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 22:40:17 +0300

> That Info uses narrowing for this special purpose might be seen as
> a kludge.

Indeed, Info narrowing is an implementation detail irrelevant for most users.
And BTW Info-mode is the only mode that sets widen-automatically to nil.

Now I pushed this change to the trunk because two maintainers confirmed that
this is the right thing to do.

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