I am trying to set up my .emacs to use relative line numbering, and so I have included:
(setq display-line-numbers 'relative)
to my .emacs, however this is being ignored on load. Line numbers appear, however they are simply absolute line numbers, as opposed to relative.
Interestingly, when I run M-x load-file .emacs, it actually evaluates this line (as well as the rest of the file) and the line numbers become relative, however this doesn't happen the first time.
Below is my entire .emacs, and the line in question is on line 95/96:
(package-initialize)
(load "~/.emacs.rc/rc.el")
(load "~/.emacs.rc/misc-rc.el")
(defun rc/get-default-font ()
(cond
((eq system-type 'windows-nt) "Consolas-13")
((eq system-type 'gnu/linux) "Iosevka-24")))
(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist `(font . ,(rc/get-default-font)))
(tool-bar-mode 0)
(menu-bar-mode 0)
(scroll-bar-mode 0)
(column-number-mode 1)
(show-paren-mode 1)
(rc/require-theme 'gruber-darker)
(custom-set-variables
;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
'(package-selected-packages
'(svelte-mode tramp-mode elixir-mode evil move-text nasm-mode company yasnippet multiple-cursors magit haskell-mode ido-completing-read+ smex gruber-darker-theme dash-functional dash)))
(custom-set-faces
;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
)
(eval-after-load 'zenburn
(set-face-attribute 'line-number nil :inherit 'default))
(rc/require 'smex 'ido-completing-read+)
(require 'ido-completing-read+)
(ido-mode 1)
(ido-everywhere 1)
(ido-ubiquitous-mode 1)
(global-set-key (kbd "M-x") 'smex)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c C-c M-x") 'execute-extended-command)
;;; C mode
(setq-default c-basic-offset 4
c-default-style '((java-mode . "java")
(awk-mode . "awk")
(other . "bsd")))
(add-hook 'c-mode-hook (lambda ()
(interactive)
(c-toggle-comment-style -1)))
;;; Elisp
(add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook
'(lambda ()
(local-set-key (kbd "C-c C-j")
(quote eval-print-last-sexp))))
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("Cask" . emacs-lisp-mode))
;;; Haskell mode
(rc/require 'haskell-mode)
(setq haskell-process-type 'cabal-new-repl)
(setq haskell-process-log t)
(add-hook 'haskell-mode-hook 'haskell-ident-mode)
(add-hook 'haskell-mode-hook 'interactive-haskell-mode)
(add-hook 'haskell-mode-hook 'haskell-doc-mode)
(add-hook 'haskell-mode-hook 'hindent-mode)
;;; Whitespace mode
(defun rc/set-up-whitespace-handling ()
(interactive)
(whitespace-mode 1)
(add-to-list 'write-file-fucntions 'delete-trailing-whitespace))
(add-hook 'c++-mode-hook 'rc/set-up-whitespace-handling)
(add-hook 'java-mode-hook 'rc/set-up-whitespace-handling)
(add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode 'rc/set-up-whitespace-handling)
(add-hook 'rust-mode-hook 'rc/set-up-whitespace-handling)
(add-hook 'haskell-mode-hook 'rc/set-up-whitespace-handling)
(add-hook 'python-mode-hook 'rc/set-up-whitespace-handling)
(add-hook 'erlang-mode-hook 'rc/set-up-whitespace-handling)
(add-hook 'asm-mode-hook 'rc/set-up-whitespace-handling)
(add-hook 'nasm-mode-hook 'rc/set-up-whitespace-handling)
(global-display-line-numbers-mode)
(setq display-line-numbers 'relative)
;;; Magit
(rc/require 'cl-lib)
(rc/require 'magit)
(setq magit-auto-revert-mode nil)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c m s") 'magit-status)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c m l") 'magit-log)
;;; Multiple Cursors
(rc/require 'multiple-cursors)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-S-c C-S-c") 'mc/edit-lines)
(global-set-key (kbd "C->") 'mc/mark-next-like-this)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-<") 'mc/mark-previous-like-this)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c C-<") 'mc/mark-all-like-this)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-\"") 'mc/skip-to-next-like-this)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-:") 'mc/skip-to-previous-like-this)
;;; Dired
(require 'dired-x)
(setq dired-omit-files
(concat dired-omit-files "\\|^\\..+$"))
(setq-default dired-dwim-target t)
(setq dired-listing-switches "-alh")
;;; Yasnippet
(rc/require 'yasnippet)
(require 'yasnippet)
(setq yas/triggers-in-field nil)
(setq yas-snipped-dirs '("~/.emacs.snippets/"))
(yas-global-mode 1)
;;; Word-Wrap
(defun rc/enable-word-wrap ()
(interactive)
(toggle-word-wrap 1))
(add-hook 'markdown-mode-hook 'rc/enable-word-wrap)
;;; Company Mode
(rc/require 'company)
(require 'company)
(global-company-mode)
;;; NASM mode
(rc/require 'nasm-mode)
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.asm\\'" . nasm-mode))
;;; TeX mode
(add-hook 'tex-mode-hook
(lambda ()
(interactive)
(add-to-list 'tex-verbatim-environments "code")))
;;; Move Text
(rc/require 'move-text)
(global-set-key (kbd "M-p") 'move-text-up)
(global-set-key (kbd "M-n") 'move-text-down)
(rc/require
'rust-mode
'markdown-mode
'elixir-mode
'svelte-mode
)
;;; Svelte Mode
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.svelte\\'" . svelte-mode))
;;; Kill all buffers
(defun kill-all-buffers ()
(interactive)
(dolist (cur (buffer-list))
(kill-buffer cur)))
(defun close-current-buffer ()
(interactive)
(kill-buffer (buffer-name)))
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x K") 'kill-all-buffers)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-S-w") 'close-current-buffer)
(defun indent-whole-file ()
(interactive)
(indent-region (point-min) (point-max)))
(global-set-key (kbd "C-<tab>") 'indent-whole-file)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-=") 'text-scale-increase)
(global-set-key (kbd "C--") 'text-scale-decrease)
Did you read this part of the doc for display-line-numbers:
This variable automatically becomes buffer-local when set outside Custom. However, setting it through Custom sets the default value.
You're using setq with a user option - not a great idea in general. Use M-x customize-option instead, or use function customize-set-variable or custom-set-variables.
Unless you do some tricky finagling, you can't depend on your setq being evaluated in any particular buffer. And anyway, you apparently want to set the default value of the option. setq-default sets the default value of a variable. But anyway, use one of the custom* functions or (even better), M-x customize-option.