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I love the relative numbers side-column in vim but when I have wrapped lines it becomes inaccurate (or less usable since I can't use that number directly in a j/k command). I have nnoremap j gj in my vimrc which is why I have that discrepancy but is there a way for the :rnu command to reflect the lines a wrapped number takes?
Thanks
*If that made no sense, I'd like wrapped line 4 and 6 to have numbers all the way down not not skipping visible lines.
You state that your current workflow is "inaccurate" and "less usable". You can solve the former (but arguably not the latter) by replacing your current j mapping with:
nnoremap <expr> j v:count == 0 ? 'gj' : "\<Esc>".v:count.'j'
With this mapping, you can still use a plain j to move down one screen line at a time, but if you use a count, then you will move down to the line indicated by the corresponding 'relativenumber' marker. Accurate! :)
However, because there are no markers on the later screen lines of single wrapped lines, you still cannot use Nj to jump to those lines. Still less usable :(.
This is an expression mapping, which maps to different commands depending on the current count.
If there is no count, it simply performs a gj. If there is a count it first clears the existing count with Esc, and then performs a regular j using the value of that count.
See:
:help :map-expr:help v:count:help expr1This is not possible without some serious hackery. In fact, I can't really think of a hack short of modifying the Vim source code.
I also doubt that you really want this. The definition of a "line" is 0 or more characters ended by a newline, if you change that definition, you change a lot in Vim. For example, what would you expect a command like :s/A/B/ to do? Change everything on the "real" line? Or only the "virtual" line? Or what about :,3s/A/B/? Use the next 3 lines? Or the next 3 "virtual" lines?
I understand why you're asking this, but I think your proposed 'solution' will cause you more problems than you will solve.
,3s/A/B/to do? Use the next 3 lines? Or the next 3 "wrapped lines"? I understand why you're asking this, but I think your proposed 'solution' will cause you more problems than you will solve.Join lines at any time. You get all the benefits, with none of the disadvantages.visualvalue ofdisplay-line-numbers). So I reported it, you can subscribe, or vote for implementation (or maybe even implement it ;)) github.com/vim/vim/issues/3250