Variable: display-line-numbers-offset

display-line-numbers-offset is a buffer-local variable defined in xdisp.c.

Documentation

A signed integer added to each absolute line number.

When this variable is non-zero, line numbers are always counted from the beginning of the buffer even if display-line-numbers-widen is nil. It has no effect when set to 0, or when line numbers are not absolute.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 27.1.

Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/xdisp.c
  DEFVAR_INT ("display-line-numbers-offset", display_line_numbers_offset,
    doc: /* A signed integer added to each absolute line number.
When this variable is non-zero, line numbers are always counted from
the beginning of the buffer even if `display-line-numbers-widen' is nil.
It has no effect when set to 0, or when line numbers are not absolute.  */);