# Trace: Enable Always Showing Line Numbers in Glow

Agent: pi | Model: Claude Opus 4.6 | Project: GitHub

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## User

look at the glow config files and make sure it always displays line numbers

## Assistant

Glow doesn't have a built-in "line numbers" config option — it's a Markdown renderer, not a code editor. However, its code block rendering is controlled by the **style** (which uses Glamour/Chroma under the hood). Let me check if there's a custom style file for Dracula:

## Assistant

There's a `-l, --line-numbers` flag. I'll add it to the config file:

## Assistant

Let me verify:

## Assistant

Done. Added `line-numbers: true` to `/Users/liveink/Library/Preferences/glow/glow.yml`. Glow will now always display line numbers without needing the `-l` flag.

## User

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