When viewing a directory (using :Explore
, for example), I would like to see line numbers. I can run :set number
after opening the directory, and that works, but I can't get number
ing to turn on by default (using e.g. configuration in my .vimrc
file).
I have tried adding variations of the following to my .vimrc
file, but none seem to work:
:autocmd FileType netrw set number
:autocmd FileType * setlocal number
:autocmd BufEnter * setlocal number
Here is a reference to a similar question regarding numbering for help files. The solution to that question does not work in this case.