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In D11838#238269 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D11838#238269>, @ngraham wrote: > That said, I'm still struggling to understand what the problems is with line numbers in Kile. Most of the editors listed at https://beebom.com/best-latex-editors/ have line numbers on by default, including TeXmaker, which is what all of my scientist friends use. Screens are wider than ever before, and average users are going to just maximize the window anyway, making the small amount of horizontal space taken up by the line numbers a non-issue. On that website four screenshots out of eight show line numbers. And especially in TeXmaker's case, I wouldn't call the amount of space needed for line numbers small. The point is that line numbers do not bring much added value when editing LaTeX documents. To reduce clutter on Kile's user interface, line numbers should not be shown by default. It's not just a question of horizontal screen space, but also of usefulness/usability. REPOSITORY R39 KTextEditor REVISION DETAIL https://phabricator.kde.org/D11838 To: ngraham, #kate, #ktexteditor, dhaumann, mludwig Cc: brauch, mludwig, kfunk, dhaumann, #frameworks, michaelh, kevinapavew, ngraham, demsking, cullmann, sars
