Hi sxc4244! On Di, 25 Jun 2013, [email protected] wrote:
> On Thursday, May 30, 2013 2:31:11 AM UTC-4, Nazri wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 11:06 PM, Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > No, I don't want to remove or deprecate existing options. It's very > > > > > annoying for people who get a new Vim version, especially if they didn't > > > > > install it themselves. > > > > > > > > > > I'm not sure the whole 'linenumber' option thing is the right way to go. > > > > > We do not need to offer every possible way a user wants to see line > > > > > numbers. > > > > > > > > The 'linenumber' patch adds too much code for controlling how the > > > > current line number is shown when relative number is set. > > > > > > > > Lane East's approach (earlier in this thread, rnucurrent.diff) is much > > > > better and less intrusive but the proposed solution is flawed - it uses > > > > a global variable for holding the option instead of window-local. > > > > > > > > Attached is a patch based on Lane East's idea. I changed the option name > > > > from "relativenumbercurrent" to the shorter "currentnumber": > > > > > > > > Excerpt from ":help currentnumber": > > > > --8<-- > > > > 'currentnumber' 'cnu' > > > > 'currentnumber' 'cnu' number (default 0) > > > > local to window > > > > {not in Vi} > > > > When 'relativenumber' is set, this option controls how the current > > line > > > > number is shown: > > > > value effect > > > > -1 Show current line number, left aligned > > > > 0 Show 0 instead of current line number > > > > 1 Show current line number, right aligned > > > > When 'relativenumber' is not set, this option has no effect. > > > > -->8-- > > > > > > > > Several people have raised their unhappiness at how the new behavior of > > > > 'relativenumber' using a lot of screen columns for showing the current > > > > line number for large files. The proposed 'currentnumber' option should > > > > make everyone happy. > > > > > > > > nazri > > Is there any movement with this patch? What are Bram's thoughts on it? > > I'm finding that the relativenumber changes are breaking the an old and > fairly well-known method toggling relative and absolute numbers as configured > here: http://www.vimbits.com/bits/192 . While I like this feature, I do agree > having an option to default to the "old" behavior is best moving forward. A similar patch was integrated, which does not need a new option but depends on how both options 'number' and 'relativenumber' work: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/vim_dev/VBKxaoILi0s/l9o-OHv3vtkJ regards, Christian -- Das Herz vor Freude schneller puckert, wenn man die Frühstückseier zuckert. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
