fix an auto-complete-mode and linum-mode annoyance

Question

I\'m using auto-complete-mode which I think is totally fantastic. I\'m also a big fan of linum-mode but I\'ve got a very irritating issue when the

Answer 1

Update: I ended up patching the source for linum.el. I added an extra hook that runs before updates.

Here's the patched file: linum.el (github)

Here's the code I have in my init.el:

;; Load custom linum.
(load-file "~/.emacs.d/linum.el")

;; Suppress line number updates while auto-complete window
;; is displayed.
(add-hook 'linum-before-update-hook
          '(lambda ()
             (when auto-complete-mode
               (if (ac-menu-live-p)
                   (setq linum-suppress-updates t)
                 (setq linum-suppress-updates nil)))))

Hope it helps!