Increase or decrease the number at point with `shift-number-up' and `shift-number-down' commands. To install the package manually, add the following to your init file: (add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/shift-number-dir") (autoload 'shift-number-up "shift-number" nil t) (autoload 'shift-number-down "shift-number" nil t) For more verbose description and a gif demonstration, see .