From 373cef5fe19d72c3549495e566e3ac0996215f14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 18:08:46 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Improve documentation of display-line-numbers * src/xdisp.c (syms_of_xdisp) : Improve the doc string. Suggested by Alex . --- src/xdisp.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c index abca6a8137a..eb7a9e5f09a 100644 --- a/src/xdisp.c +++ b/src/xdisp.c @@ -32686,7 +32686,12 @@ To add a prefix to continuation lines, use `wrap-prefix'. */); DEFVAR_LISP ("display-line-numbers", Vdisplay_line_numbers, doc: /* Non-nil means display line numbers. -By default, line numbers are displayed before each non-continuation +If the value is t, display absolute line numbers starting at the +beginning of the current narrowing, or at buffer beginning. +If the value is `relative', display line numbers relative to the +line showing point. +The value `visual' counts screen lines rather than physical line: +by default, line numbers are displayed before each non-continuation line that displays buffer text, i.e. after each newline that came from buffer text. However, if the value is `visual', every screen line will have a number. -- 2.39.2