line numbering

[cterss]

Hi!

Dear Common Wisdom:

How do I turn on line numbering in Mellel?

Thanks!
CJ

[rpcameron]

At the moment, you cannot, because it does not exist.

[cterss]

At the moment, you cannot, because it does not exist.

Ouch! Is there absolutely no practical workaround. I absolutely have to have line numbering in my manuscript!

CJ

[rpcameron]

At the moment, you cannot, because it does not exist.

Ouch! Is there absolutely no practical workaround. I absolutely have to have line numbering in my manuscript!

The closest approximation I can think of is to have each page consist of a 2–cell table. It would be borderless, and one cell would be quite narrow and contain the line numbers, while the other will take up the rest of the page.

However, this is not terribly practical, because table cells do not flow onto the next page; you would have to manually paginate your document.

While Mellel is a great program, this situation clearly illustrates several areas—line/paragraph numbering, marginalia (which a proper line/paragraph numbering system would require) and poor table handling—where Mellel could definitely use some improvement.

[loquat149]

At the moment, you cannot, because it does not exist.

Ouch! Is there absolutely no practical workaround. I absolutely have to have line numbering in my manuscript!

CJ

Yes, it's rare for me to submit a manuscript for publication without the journal requiring line numbering for the peer-reviewers.

Dave

[ealvarez]

I'm hoping too for this feature in the 2.8 version : ) It's essential for scientific manuscripts.