I recently discovered that Vim 7.4 enables a hybrid number mode, such that if you do set nu
and set rnu
, you'll see the absolute line number of the current line and relative line numbers everywhere else (see here and here). I set this up on a Linux machine and it works great. Unfortunately it's not working on my MacBook Pro (El Capitan). If I type :set rnu
I'll get relative numbers with 0
at the cursor line, and if I then type :set nu
it will switch to only absolute line numbers, unlike what I see on the Linux machine. I have Vim 7.4 installed via Homebrew. How do I get this to work? Do I need to reinstall with some particular setting?
UPDATE 1
The output of vim --version
is
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Apr 5 2016 22:32:58)
MacOS X (unix) version
Included patches: 1-1707
Compiled by Homebrew
Huge version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
+acl +farsi +mouse_netterm +tag_binary
+arabic +file_in_path +mouse_sgr +tag_old_static
+autocmd +find_in_path -mouse_sysmouse -tag_any_white
-balloon_eval +float +mouse_urxvt -tcl
-browse +folding +mouse_xterm +terminfo
++builtin_terms -footer +multi_byte +termresponse
+byte_offset +fork() +multi_lang +textobjects
+channel -gettext -mzscheme +timers
+cindent -hangul_input +netbeans_intg +title
-clientserver +iconv +packages -toolbar
+clipboard +insert_expand +path_extra +user_commands
+cmdline_compl +job +perl +vertsplit
+cmdline_hist +jumplist +persistent_undo +virtualedit
+cmdline_info +keymap +postscript +visual
+comments +langmap +printer +visualextra
+conceal +libcall +profile +viminfo
+cryptv +linebreak +python +vreplace
+cscope +lispindent -python3 +wildignore
+cursorbind +listcmds +quickfix +wildmenu
+cursorshape +localmap +reltime +windows
+dialog_con -lua +rightleft +writebackup
+diff +menu +ruby -X11
+digraphs +mksession +scrollbind -xfontset
-dnd +modify_fname +signs -xim
-ebcdic +mouse +smartindent -xsmp
+emacs_tags -mouseshape +startuptime -xterm_clipboard
+eval +mouse_dec +statusline -xterm_save
+ex_extra -mouse_gpm -sun_workshop -xpm
+extra_search -mouse_jsbterm +syntax
system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc"
user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/local/share/vim"
Compilation: /usr/bin/clang -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -F/usr/local/Frameworks -DMACOS_X_UNIX -Os -w -pipe -march=native -mmacosx-version-min=10.11 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1
Linking: /usr/bin/clang -L. -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/lib -F/usr/local/Frameworks -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -o vim -lm -lncurses -liconv -framework Cocoa -fstack-protector -L/System/Library/Perl/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level/CORE -lperl -framework Python -lruby.2.0.0 -lobjc
UPDATE 2
Vim 7.4 installed via Homebrew on my iMac desktop has hybrid number mode working fine, so there must be something specific about my laptop, but I have no idea what. Moving my .vimrc
and packages somewhere else didn't change anything.
brew install vim
and notbrew install macvim
would that still be the place to report it?