On Wednesday 13 February 2008 11:33, Nick Gravgaard wrote: > On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:26:00 -0700, "Erik Falor" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > said: > > :.,+23d > > How does that help you count the number of lines you want > to delete? > > > On 2/13/08, Nick Gravgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:48:52 +0100, "Tony Mechelynck" > > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > Nick Gravgaard wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > > > > > I have an idea which I think will make Vim much > > > > > faster and easier to use. I find that over 4 lines > > > > > or so, it becomes difficult to quickly count the > > > > > number of lines I want to delete/yank/shift or > > > > > whatever, and so I usually revert to using linewise > > > > > Visual mode to select the lines > > > > > > I > > > > > > > > want to perform the operation on. Obviously it's > > > > > much faster to (for example) press 23d than to > > > > > press V followed by down 23 times and > > > > > > finally > > > > > > > > d to delete, but the problem is knowing how many > > > > > lines I want to > > > > > > perform > > > > > > > > the operation on. I believe this could be easily > > > > > rectified if Vim > > > > > > could > > > > > > > > display relative line numbers in the left hand > > > > > margin (with the > > > > > > current > > > > > > > > line being 1, the next being 2, and so on). Then > > > > > the user could just look down to the last line they > > > > > want to operate on, see how many lines it is from > > > > > the cursor, and type the command. > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > Nick > > > > > > > > > > PS. Similar visual hints could help users count > > > > > words, but I can't see how it could be done without > > > > > making the editor look cluttered. > > > > > > > > I guess relative line numbers would have the current > > > > line be 0, the next one > > > > 1, etc., > > > > > > At first I thought it should start at 0 too, but then I > > > realised that it's a count, not an index. 2dd deletes 2 > > > lines, the current line and the line below it, so it > > > makes sense that the current line should have "1" next > > > to it and the next line "2". > > > > > > > the line before the current line -1, the one before > > > > that -2, etc. -- > > > > > > Can Vim use negative counts? > > > > > > > Vim cannot easily do that, but what it can do is > > > > almost as good: Vim can show > > > > absolute line numbers, the first line in the file > > > > being 1, the next one 2, > > > > etc. Then instead of visually selecting the lines > > > > upon which you want to operate, you can use an > > > > ex-command with a range, such as > > > > > > > > :2435,2457d > > > > > > Sure, but it's not as easy or as fast as 23dd though :( > > > > -- > > Erik Falor > > Registered Linux User #445632 http://counter.li.org
nick-- it occurs to me, if it were possible to display relative line numbers as you suggest, right away you wouldn't like them -- every time you scroll they'd move as the current line moved -- you'd never see more than one screen of relative numbers -- so for example if you wanted to act on several hundred lines, as you scrolled to see how many there are the numbers would keep changing here's a thought: open a 2nd window, put sequence numbers in it, line it up so line 1 is across from current in your main window, then turn on scrollbind for both windows -- it would take some doing but you could automate it with a script you do know about marks, right? sc --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
