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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---