GNU bug report logs - #58220
global-linum-mode emacs29

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Gwang-Jin Kim <gwang.jin.kim.phd <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2022 11:27:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #15 received at 58220 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Colin Baxter <m43cap <at> yandex.com>
To: Gwang-Jin Kim <gwang.jin.kim.phd <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 58220 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#58220: global-linum-mode emacs29
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2022 14:08:04 +0100

>>>>> Gwang-Jin Kim <gwang.jin.kim.phd <at> gmail.com> writes:

    > deactivating or removing `global-linum-mode` is a stupid idea, in
    > my view.  One has to correct packages which are not workign any
    > more emacs29.  Please add global-linum-mode back into emacs29 -
    > for backwards compatibility reasons.

I've put a copy of linum.el in my own lisp directory (together with
other soon-to-be or already-been obsoleted libraries). I then have
that directory sourced early in the load-path. That way I'll not be
affected when the axe finally falls.

Best wishes,
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