Line Numbers

StrongED can display - or not display, it is your choice, line numbers. They are useful for most programming - when errors are usually reported by line numbers - but not normally useful for writing text.

One example of when they are usefully switched on is when writing a simple www page. For writing, they are not useful and are probably confusing. But - if you validate the page, errors are reported by line number. So you can use key F5 to GoTo a line. Easy! But there is a problem: if , for instance, you use a SSI (Server Side Include) to insert a common header, then the reported errror lines will not agree with StrongED. StrongED has a solution!

Switch lines on/off

This is done via the menu system as shown. The LineNumbers dialogue box has many options. Start number can be adjusted to suit the use.

Mode Line numbers

Each mode can be configured to display line numbers. This is not in the ModeFile, but is configured in the Mode's Choices.

Menu in appropriate Window-> Mode (bottom choice)
This opens the Mode's choices menu:-

Line number setting for this mode is to be found under the Periphery choice.