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Kyle Jones writes:

> There are two or three column number mode packages out there
> apparently.  I don't like the one in XEmacs because it conses a
> new tiny string at every update.

You're referring to column.el or to line-number-mode and
column-number-mode (both of which work as of 19.15-b3 or b4, and
provide the option of starting at 1 instead of 0)?

> The version I wrote doesn't do this.  (plug, plug, plug) It would
> nice to fix this in the one that we ship, given that a string per
> keystroke is no laughing matter.

True.
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