emacs init: Show Line Numbers

Display Line Numbers Mode

New in Emacs 26 (date 2018) .

Alt+x global-display-line-numbers-mode

show line numbers in all buffers.

Alt+x display-line-numbers-mode

show line numbers in current buffer.

Put this in your Emacs Init File:

(global-display-line-numbers-mode)

They are written by Eli Zaretskii. Thank you Eli.

Jump to a Line Number

Alt+x goto-line

move cursor to a given line position.