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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We may just not see it but fair point

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

The editor would need to start counting lines at zero.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The line numbers show us that we're seeing the whole file.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Oh ur right

Ew I didn't notice

That's awful

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

They only (probably) show us that we are seeing the begining of the file. Also relative line numbing is a thing in vim for example.