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global-linum-mode emacs29

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Message #45 received at 58220-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
Cc: gwang.jin.kim.phd <at> gmail.com, larsi <at> gnus.org, stefankangas <at> gmail.com,
 58220-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#58220: global-linum-mode emacs29
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2022 11:14:38 +0300

> Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2022 10:50:18 +0300
> From: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, larsi <at> gnus.org,
>   58220-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, gwang.jin.kim.phd <at> gmail.com
> 
> In (info "(emacs) Acknowledgments") there is reference to:
> 
>    • Markus Triska wrote ‘linum.el’, a minor mode that displays line
>      numbers in the left margin.
> 
> So if you are taking package out, consider that such reference may
> confuse new users.

Sorry, no.  We won't rewrite the history.  (And I don't think new
users will hurry up to read that section anyway.)

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