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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: mark.lillibridge <at> hp.com

Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:45:04 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 9917, 16173

Found in versions 24.0.90, 24.3.50

Forwarded to http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2010-06/msg00143.html

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 5042 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#5042: 23.1; linum-mode gives incorrect line numbers with  narrowed buffers
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:49:53 -0500

>> > there should be an explicit option to switch between the modes.
>> I agree, and don't really  care which one is default
> Yes, an option makes sense.
> And it can happen that the same person wants both behaviors at
> different times.

Indeed.  This goes back to the ambiguity of `narrow-to-region', which
can be used either to "pretend the rest of the buffer doesn't exist" (as
was used in Rmail for example), or to "temporarily focus on some
particular part of the buffer without pretending the rest doesn't
exist".


        Stefan
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