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Created: February 25, 2001 Complexity: basic Author: scrott Minimum version: 5.7 Karma: 446/180 Imported from: Tip#19

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I have started doing all my code reviews on a laptop because of the number command.

This will display line numbers along the left side of a window:

:set number

You can also define a mapping to toggle the option, for example:

:nmap <C-N><C-N> :set invnumber<CR>

By pressing Ctrl-N twice in normal mode, Vim toggles between showing and hiding line numbers.

If you have Vim version 7 or greater, you can change the width of the "gutter" column used for numbering:

:set numberwidth=3

You can use the number column for the text of wrapped lines:

:set cpoptions+=n

Finally, you can change the color used for the line numbers. For example:

:highlight LineNr term=bold cterm=NONE ctermfg=DarkGrey ctermbg=NONE gui=NONE guifg=DarkGrey guibg=NONE

[edit] References

• :help 'number'
• :help 'numberwidth' (Vim 7 and greater only)
• :help :highlight

[edit] Comments

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