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How can I show relative line numbers?
I just replied to a similar question here: How can I add line numbers to Vim?
Beginning with version 7.3, you can use the following:
set relativenumber
I actually use both relativenumber and number ...
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How can I add line numbers to Vim?
You have two options:
set number for regular line numbers
And also
set relativenumber which will show relative line numbers. i.e. current line is always 0. This is useful for moving up/down N number ...
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How can I generate a list of sequential numbers, one per line?
Use :put and range():
:put =range(1,100)
To avoid the blank line at the top (kudos to romainl), use :0put:
:0put =range(1,100)
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Replace a pattern with current line number
Yes, vim can do this! Do a global search for x, and replace it with \=printf("%d", line('.'). For example:
:%s/x/\=printf("%d", line('.'))
You can also change x to another search, if you need to.
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How do I use relative line numbers in command line mode?
Assuming your lines span from 15 to 10 lines above the current one, you can achieve what you requested using relative line numbers:
:-10,-15m.
Unfortunately when specifying a backwards range, Vim ...
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How can I add line numbers to Vim?
You can use the command:
:set number
to turn on line numbering. To turn it off again you can use:
:set nonumber
If you want vim to always default to showing line numbers you can add the ...
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How can I generate a list of sequential numbers, one per line?
In addition to Undo's pure-vim :put =range(1,100) (which actually leaves you with a blank line up top), you can, depending on your OS, use one of its commands. E.g., on a Unix/Linux box:
%!seq 1 100
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How can I show relative line numbers?
You can toggle relative numbering on and off using:
:set rnu " toggle relative numbering on
:set rnu! " toggle relative numbering off
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How can I generate a list of sequential numbers, one per line?
For the record, and definitely not the shortest way (see @Undo's awesome solution),
but sequence of keystrokes will do it too:
i1EscqaYpCtrl+aq98@a
Let me break that down for you:
i1<Esc> -- ...
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Can relative number be changed so that current line is 1?
Don't do that. A numbering system that goes from -1 to +1 without a zero in between is just asking for trouble.
As an alternative habit, I suggest d2j — "delete this line and the next two lines". ...
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Replace a pattern with current line number
Since you mentioned vertical select and replace, you can do that too. Use CtrlV to do select the lock of text you want to replace, then c and type 0, to replace that with 0s. Then, select those 0s:
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Current line number aligned to the left with number and relativenumber
From screen.c, win_line() function (around line 3707):
/* 'number' + 'relativenumber' */
num = lnum;
fmt = "%-*ld ";
The %- makes it left-aligned (See sprintf(3)). As you can see, this value is hard-...
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Visual Block Mode edit with sequential number
Depending on your usecase the following might be useful:
Create the entries all with the number "1":
- "1"
- "1"
- "1"
- "1"
Then go to the second "1" and press V to start line-wise visual. Then ...
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How do I use relative line numbers in command line mode?
You can use hard numbers in your range:
:200,300command
Or relative numbers:
:-27,+46command
Or manual marks:
:'a,'bcommand
Or automatic marks:
:'[,'>command
Or searches:
:?foo?,/bar/...
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Set line numbers only while in normal mode
You can do this with autocommands.
au InsertEnter * set nonumber
au InsertLeave * set number
Not much explanation is needed. This does exactly what you asked for. It ties "entering and exiting ...
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How can I show relative line numbers?
If you want to use a hotkey for toggling relative line number, here is a snippet in my vimrc:
" Toggle relative line number
nmap <C-L><C-L> :set invrelativenumber<CR>
In this case, ...
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How to write each line into separate file?
Try a global command:
:g/^/exe ".w! line".line('.').".txt"
:g/^/ Do a command for every line (you can adjust this regular expression if you only want to save certain lines, i.e. . for non-empty ...
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How can I set number and relativenumber at the same time?
Showing all the line numbers and relative numbers at the same time isn't possible. But you can get the current line number and the relative number for all the others. From :help number_relativenumber:
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How can I generate a list of sequential numbers, one per line?
Here is a different approach, that needs a newer Vim (something like 7.4.800)
This assumes an empty buffer and '1' in register a.
First enter 100 1 into your buffer, "a100P.
Then visually select ...
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How can I search for a string between certain line numbers?
:100,235g/foo/#<CR>
then press :147<CR> to jump to the desired line.
You can also use :ilist:
:100,235il foo<CR>
See :help range, :help :global and :help :ilist.
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How to get and use the number of each matched line in a global command
One way to do it:
clear the register:
:let @a=''
append search results in it:
:g/TODO/let @A = getpos('.')[1] . ' ' . getline('.') . "\n"
Re: BONUS remove indentation in the global command:
:...
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Why this function to change relative number in lines is not working?
Why won't you use Vim's builtin feature to toggle that? Just use: set relativenumber! - this will cycle between on and off.
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Vim never shows line number for Python files even though I have `.vimrc`
Why it didn't work
From :help FileType,
*FileType*
FileType When the 'filetype' option has been set. The
pattern is matched against the ...
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Different gutter colours for each code function
Here's a different solution which may be of help: put the current function name in the statusline:
Vim doesn't really have a concept of a "dynamic" statusline; but we can work around that by setting ...
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How can I set number and relativenumber at the same time?
It is not really possible to have both number and relativenumber displayed at the same time, besides what is mentioned at :h number_relativenumber (see different answer).
However, you can misuse the ...
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Weird vertical bar to left of line numbers
I have a couple guesses.
My first guess is that this is because you have "diff" on, most likely because you had done "diffthis" at some point, or started vim in diff mode. From :help diffthis
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Relative number on old Vim versions
Relative numbers were officially added to Vim with the 7.3 release.
If you can't update Vim or can't compile your own you will need to install a plugin like DrChip's RltvNmbr. Maybe there are others. ...
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How do I setnumber and relativenumber for :Explore in .vimrc
You can set it in g:netrw_bufsettings. The default is "noma nomod nonu nobl nowrap ro nornu", so this should do:
let g:netrw_bufsettings = "noma nomod nu nobl nowrap ro rnu"
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How can I show relative line numbers?
function! NumberToggle()
if(&relativenumber == 1)
set norelativenumber
else
set relativenumber
endif
endfunc
nnoremap <leader>nt :call NumberToggle()<cr>
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How can I search for a string between certain line numbers?
There is another way to search between particular lines.
/%>{linenumber}l\%<{linenumber}{pattern}
Example:
/%>199l\%<300lgood
This will search from line 200 to 299 for the pattern '...
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