How tf do you enable line numbering?

What I tried: ``` (setq line-number-mode t) (setq global-linum-mode t) (global-linum-mode t) ``` clicking in menu enable line numbers and save options. I have emacs 27.2

`M-x` (alt key with x) then `global-linum-mode`. Or `(global-linum-mode)` go to the end of the expression and type `C-x e` to call `eval-last-sexp`.

As of Emacs 26 the best way is the `display-line-numbers-mode`, which can be activated for all buffers with the `global-display-line-numbers-mode` command.

Your second option in \`.emacs.d/init.el\` should work.

I don't need everything to have line numbers, so I just added it as a hook for each mode where I wanted line numbering: (add-hook 'xxx-mode-hook 'linum-mode) where xxx-mode should be replaced with the actual mode name. Added that to my init.el file and all was good.

If you don't want line numbers on all the time, for space-saving considerations, `consult-goto-line` is wonderful. It temporarily shows line numbers and gives a *preview* of the line you are selecting.

If you have emacs 26 or more recent, display-line-numbers-mode has much better performance than linum-mode.

I snagged this from Prot's config: (use-package emacs :config (defun prot/toggle-line-numbers () "Toggles the display of line numbers. Applies to all buffers." (interactive) (if (bound-and-true-p display-line-numbers-mode) (display-line-numbers-mode -1) (display-line-numbers-mode))) :bind (("<f7>" . prot/toggle-line-numbers))) Thanks, Prot!

Thanks for the tip! I will give it a try.

Here's how you can answer these questions directly in Emacs: run `M-x apropos RET line numbers RET`, the listing includes `display-line-numbers` which sounds promising. Pressing `RET` on `display-line-numbers` or clicking it with the mouse pops up a help buffer describing it. The help buffer says "You can customize this variable" and "customize" is a link; clicking the link or pressing `RET` on it lets you configure the line number display.

yup ! fwiw, my mode line displays both line and column numbers (nicely tucked away without cluttering the buffer with useless information) when screen real-estate is an issue f.e. on a latop etc. i definitely don't want that to be there...