Re: Line Number in the mode line shows ??.

[Christopher Dimech]

Are you talking about "line-number-display-limit"?

> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2021 at 4:27 PM
> From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@gnu.org>
> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Line Number in the mode line shows ??.
>
> > From: Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>
> > Date: Sun, 16 May 2021 06:05:57 +0200
> > Sensitivity: Normal
> > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> > 
> > > > After writing many lines in a file, the Line Number in the mode line
> > > > shows ??.
> > > 
> > > Look for "Optional Mode Line Features" in the Emacs manual.
> >  
> > How would that help?  Looks as a bug to me.
> 
> Because it isn't a bug, it's a feature, and the section pointed out by
> Óscar explains how it works and how to control it.
> 
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