Andy Piper <andyp(a)parallax.co.uk&gt; writes: > At 03:05 PM 6/11/98 +0200, Hrvoje Niksic wrote: > >Andy Piper <andyp(a)parallax.co.uk&gt; writes: > > > >> I'm with Kyle on this. But then I'm a hacker and my brain is wired > >> up to start at 0 rather than 1. > > > >Then you surely mind the line numbers starting at 1? > > The cursor is never between lines only characters, thus the argument > for lines starting at 0 is less strong - but a case could be made, > yes ;) What I mean is: if, as a hacker, you like numbers starting from 0, you should probably require the first line to numbered as "0 line", too.