On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:19 AM, AK <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/28/2011 02:05 PM, sc wrote: >> On Friday, October 28, 2011 12:23:44 Tim Chase wrote: >>> On 10/28/11 10:21, Ben Fritz wrote: >>>> I find it very nice to set relative line numbers and use a >>>> count with j/k for down/up movement. >> >>> I know about them head-wise, and you're right about it being >>> easier than keying in the absolute line#, but it's a more >>> recent feature of vim which hasn't yet made it to my >>> muscle-memory (or more importantly, my vimrc :) >> >> i can't imagine why not -- it's the coolest new feature since >> 'cursorline' > > I just want to comment that I also think it's the best new > feature (since folding, from my perspective..) > > I wrote my own plugin that used sign column to show line > numbers relative to top line, but it was a pain in the > ass to have all mappings refresh the numbers when a line > is inserted or deleted or screen is moved. > > If anyone's not using this, totally try it out!!!
I'm playing with relative line numbering for the first time. I normally run with absolute line numbering. You know what'd really make a difference for relative line numbering? If the current line's number was its absolute line number, instead of "0". Yes, I can see the absolute line number down in the ruler, but that's often far removed from the current line and I have to move my eyes down to the ruler, then back to the current line. "0" conveys little information. The absolute line number is more useful. It should be in a highlighted color to make it blatantly clear that it's different. -- /George V. Reilly [email protected] Twitter: @georgevreilly http://www.georgevreilly.com/blog http://blogs.cozi.com/tech -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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
