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. > Hello!
The folding issue that was addressed: text1 fold text2 fold and with the cursor somewhere in the text2 block, the relative numbering was missing for text1. Relative numbering shows now, so long as its within +-99 lines. There are a number of things that I'd mention as drawbacks to my plugin: * it uses signs, and only about 200 signs are available (hence that +-99 constraint) (and, of course, that means that they're not available for something else) * in addition to scrolling w/o cursor movement (ctrl-y, also), there's redraw which doesn't re-do the signs. Should be a RedrawEvent or something. * signs are attached to buffers. Hence multiple windows on the same buffer only shows one set of relative numbers; try :RN with multiple windows on a buffer showing different parts of the buffer and you'll see what I mean. I'll update the link to your patch (when I get a chance -- I'm still updating vim on this machine+o/s). I hope you don't consider my plugin a competitor, I thought of it as more of a step towards your patch (whet folks' appetites, as it were) -- and maybe even as justification for your patch given enough interest. Anyway, that's why I included the link to your patch. Regards, and thanks for the patch! Chip Campbell --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
