GNU bug report logs - #57412
Could we make linum.el obsolete?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 18:09:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 57412 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 57412 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>,
 monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: bug#57412: Could we make linum.el obsolete?
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 13:11:15 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> The only possible reason is that linum.el allows more freedom in
> formatting the line numbers and their faces.  I don't know whether
> this reason is serious enough to not obsolete linum.el.

I think nlinum is supposed to support everything that linum does (and is
faster and less buggy) -- but I haven't looked in detail.

If that's the case, then I think it would make sense to obsolete
linum.el.
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