On Saturday 23 August 2008 07:24, Markus Heidelberg wrote:
>
> Charles E. Campbell, Jr., 19.08.2008:
> >
> > Tony Mechelynck wrote:
> > > On 18/08/08 22:15, Charles Campbell wrote:
> > >
> > >> I've issued a new plugin on my website:
> > >> http://mysite.verizon.net/astronaut/vim/index.html#RLTVNMBR . It uses
> > >> the signs capability of "huge" vim to give relative numbering. After
> > >> some comment period I expect to release it on vim.sf.net. I'd like to
> > >> mention the relative numbering patch in my document -- would someone
> > >> please tell me where that patch is again?
> > >
> > > It's been sent to the vim_dev and vim_use lists as an attachment to a
> > > mail titled "Re: 'relativenumber' patch updated for Vim 7.2", by Markus
> > > Heidelberg, dated 2008-08-11 23:27:07 +0200. (Beware: The same thread
> > > has an earlier 7.2 version of the same patch.)
> > >
> > Thank you, Tony -- I found the post & attachment, and I now have a link
> > to it in my document.
>
> The link refers to the earlier version as Tony mentioned. This one is newer:
> http://groups.google.com/group/vim_dev/attach/10fa0944a8b643b4/vim-7.2-relativenumber-02.patch?part=2
>
> It seems as if the interest in this feature is not as small as supposed by
> Bram. Well, it's an exotic feature, and maybe its strangeness is it's destiny.
>
> However, there are several drawbacks to your plugin, where the numbers aren't
> shown correctly. These are just the major issues:
> - folding isn't handled (I wonder what the bugfix log "Aug 18, 2008 * Fixed
> some bugs associated with folding" is all about)
> - scrolling without cursor movement (zz Ctrl-E ...)
> And last but not least the performance problem.
>
> In view of that, I wonder if the enthusiastic users of this plugin have ever
> tested my patch, which is a lot more usable at this time.
>
> Markus
a lot more useable than what? you are asking me to patch no
fewer than 22 modules:
[Sat Aug 23 10:17] ~/temp> grep '^Index' vim-7.2-relativenumber-02.patch | nl
1 Index: runtime/doc/quickref.txt
2 Index: runtime/doc/version7.txt
3 Index: runtime/doc/options.txt
4 Index: runtime/doc/syntax.txt
5 Index: runtime/doc/tags
6 Index: runtime/lang/menu_de_de.latin1.vim
7 Index: runtime/syntax/vim.vim
8 Index: runtime/menu.vim
9 Index: runtime/optwin.vim
10 Index: src/proto/misc2.pro
11 Index: src/edit.c
12 Index: src/ex_cmds.c
13 Index: src/gui.c
14 Index: src/misc1.c
15 Index: src/misc2.c
16 Index: src/move.c
17 Index: src/netbeans.c
18 Index: src/normal.c
19 Index: src/option.c
20 Index: src/option.h
21 Index: src/screen.c
22 Index: src/structs.h
rebuild and re-install the app, as opposed to installing a
plugin that's been vimballed?
so, no, i haven't tried your patch, sorry, call me lazy
sc
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