This command allows a sequential number to be inserted into every line selected, or if no lines are selected, into every line from the current line to the last line of the file at the column position indicated by the cursor. This command presents a dialog that allows the initial value to be entered and the increment for each line. This provides an easy method to add line numbers into a text file.
If any text is highlighted at the invocation of this command, the highlighted text will be replaced by the inserted line numbers. The spacing required for the line numbers is calculated automatically based on the number of lines that will have a number inserted, the initial value and the increment. All numbers may be positive or negative non decimal point numbers (32-bit signed = negative number in hexadecimal notation has 8 digits).
If the option to add Leading Zeros is selected the appropriate leading zeros will be added to each number to pad the field to the same width (in characters) as the maximum number to be inserted. If this option is not selected, trailing spaces will be used.
The user may select Decimal or Hexadecimal to specify the format of the inserted numbers. If "62" is entered in the First Number field, and Hexadecimal is selected as the output format, then 3E (which is the number 62 in HEX) will be the first number of the sequential numbers inserted.