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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From: Colin Baxter <m43cap <at> yandex.com>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, 57412 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#57412: Could we make linum.el obsolete?
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 17:55:24 +0100

>>>>> Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru> writes:

    > On 26.08.2022 14:11, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
    >> 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.

    > Here's one such case when I ended just just recommending to avoid
    > linum:

    > https://github.com/company-mode/company-mode/issues/1336


I've never experienced any problems with linum.el but then my setup is
super-simple and does not include company-mode.

Best wishes,
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