On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:26:00 -0700, "Erik Falor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > :.,+23d
How does that help you count the number of lines you want to delete? > On 2/13/08, Nick Gravgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:48:52 +0100, "Tony Mechelynck" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > > > Nick Gravgaard wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > > > I have an idea which I think will make Vim much faster and easier to > > > > use. I find that over 4 lines or so, it becomes difficult to quickly > > > > count the number of lines I want to delete/yank/shift or whatever, and > > > > so I usually revert to using linewise Visual mode to select the lines > > I > > > > want to perform the operation on. Obviously it's much faster to (for > > > > example) press 23d than to press V followed by down 23 times and > > finally > > > > d to delete, but the problem is knowing how many lines I want to > > perform > > > > the operation on. I believe this could be easily rectified if Vim > > could > > > > display relative line numbers in the left hand margin (with the > > current > > > > line being 1, the next being 2, and so on). Then the user could just > > > > look down to the last line they want to operate on, see how many lines > > > > it is from the cursor, and type the command. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Nick > > > > > > > > PS. Similar visual hints could help users count words, but I can't see > > > > how it could be done without making the editor look cluttered. > > > > > > I guess relative line numbers would have the current line be 0, the next > > > one > > > 1, etc., > > > > At first I thought it should start at 0 too, but then I realised that > > it's a count, not an index. 2dd deletes 2 lines, the current line and > > the line below it, so it makes sense that the current line should have > > "1" next to it and the next line "2". > > > > > the line before the current line -1, the one before that -2, > > > etc. -- > > > > Can Vim use negative counts? > > > > > Vim cannot easily do that, but what it can do is almost as good: Vim can > > > show > > > absolute line numbers, the first line in the file being 1, the next one > > > 2, > > > etc. Then instead of visually selecting the lines upon which you want to > > > operate, you can use an ex-command with a range, such as > > > > > > :2435,2457d > > > > Sure, but it's not as easy or as fast as 23dd though :( > > > > > > > > > > -- > Erik Falor > Registered Linux User #445632 http://counter.li.org > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
