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How can I permanently enable line numbers in IntelliJ?

How can I permanently enable line numbers in IntelliJ IDEA?

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For those who have been struggling on Mac like I was to find this, don't be tricked by the "Appearance & Behavior" Tab, Like @Shawn said, it is under the editor tab, there are multiple levels with name appearance. Also Make sure you are looking at the settings under preferences.

Unome
– Unome

2015-03-10 17:00:03 +00:00
Commented Mar 10, 2015 at 17:00
@Unome Not only Mac, Windows too.

Ajay
– Ajay

2016-08-24 22:09:34 +00:00
Commented Aug 24, 2016 at 22:09

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add language identifier to highlight code
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def function(foo):
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