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23.1; linum-mode gives incorrect line numbers with narrowed buffers

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From: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5042: 23.1;   linum-mode gives incorrect line numbers with
	narrowed buffers
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:02:40 -0700

Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>>> 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".

Should there be a separate function for "temporarily focus on some
particular part of the buffer without pretending the rest doesn't
exist"?  e.g. narrow-window-to-region

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA

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