From 43f971ab20d136ad9529331c0a9913cde30cf003 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 07:54:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Optional Mode Line): Document line-number-display-limit-width. --- man/display.texi | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/display.texi b/man/display.texi index 9580f0269bd..024c6c824d7 100644 --- a/man/display.texi +++ b/man/display.texi @@ -666,13 +666,23 @@ before the buffer percentage @var{pos}, with the letter @samp{L} to indicate what it is. @xref{Minor Modes}, for more information about minor modes and about how to use this command. +@cindex narrowing, and line number display + If you have narrowed the buffer (@pxref{Narrowing}), the displayed +line number is relative to the accessible portion of the buffer. + @vindex line-number-display-limit If the buffer is very large (larger than the value of @code{line-number-display-limit}), then the line number doesn't appear. Emacs doesn't compute the line number when the buffer is large, because -that would be too slow. Set it to @code{nil} to remove the limit. If -you have narrowed the buffer (@pxref{Narrowing}), the displayed line -number is relative to the accessible portion of the buffer. +that would be too slow. Set it to @code{nil} to remove the limit. + +@vindex line-number-display-limit-width + Line-number computation can also be slow if the lines in the buffer +are too long. For this reason, Emacs normally doesn't display line +numbers if the average width, in characters, of lines near point is +larger than the value of the variable +@code{line-number-display-limit-width}. The default value is 200 +characters. @cindex Column Number mode @cindex mode, Column Number -- 2.39.2