From 9eaa6ce19462b2598f8f3442e347281e0eb779ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henrik Lissner <henrik@lissner.net>
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2019 15:52:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] display-line-numbers-widen = t

---
 core/core-ui.el | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/core/core-ui.el b/core/core-ui.el
index 9f667d7aa..d5dcfd01a 100644
--- a/core/core-ui.el
+++ b/core/core-ui.el
@@ -494,9 +494,13 @@ treat Emacs as a non-application window."
 ;;
 ;;; Line numbers
 
+;; Explicitly define a width to reduce computation
 (setq-default display-line-numbers-width 3)
 
-;; line numbers in most modes
+;; Show absolute line numbers for narrowed regions
+(setq-default display-line-numbers-widen t)
+
+;; Enable line numbers in most text-editing modes
 (add-hook! '(prog-mode-hook text-mode-hook conf-mode-hook)
            #'display-line-numbers-mode)