(column-number-mode): Make default value nil.

diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index da201283d2cef4b5b90b389988b3894e61323137..d15b902c0c8c5dfd85c4c52e2e002fa035a964ab 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -2598,7 +2598,7 @@ in the mode line."
          (> (prefix-numeric-value arg) 0)))
   (force-mode-line-update))
 
-(defvar column-number-mode t
+(defvar column-number-mode nil
   "*Non-nil means display column number in mode line.")
 
 (defun column-number-mode (arg)