Line number display in GNU Emacs

Thought it would be good idea to have a visual comparison of two popular line number modes in Emacs. Left is linum-mode and right is display-line-numbers-mode.


The major difference is how the wrapped lines are treated (see line 15). Linum-mode uses the area on the left of fringe indicator. So you have a bold separation between the line number and the text. In contrast, display-line-numbers-mode uses the margin area to the right of fringe indicator. Hence there is no separation and text flows smoothly.

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  1. jqb3/15/2022 11:22 PM

    Eh? The wrapping is exactly the same. The only difference is where the number column is placed.

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  2. Sudhir Khanger3/22/2022 6:50 PM

    I wish they would reserve the space for at least three characters. As in assume the line is already 999 or 3 digit and reserve space for it ahead of time in front of it.

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