Display relative and absolute line numbers simultaneously in Vim
VimVim Problem Overview
Is there any way to display both relative and absolute line numbers simultaneously in Vim? Either side-by-side, or some other interesting presentation are fine.
Vim Solutions
Solution 1 - Vim
Yes, you can. Use RltvNmbr.vim to display the relative numbers, and use Vim to display the absolute ones:
Solution 2 - Vim
Vim 7.4 (Patch 7.3.787) will show the absolute line number instead of "0", when both "relativenumber" and "number" are set.
From :h relativenumber, 7.3
>When setting this option, 'number' is reset.
From :h relativenumber, 7.4
> The number in front of the cursor line also depends on the value of 'number', see |number_relativenumber| for all combinations of the two options.
Solution 3 - Vim
Reasonably speaking, you can't. Line numbering is one-per-buffer, controlled solely by the 'number' option.
One crazy notion I tried: :vertical diffsplit plus :setlocal relativenumber. This gets two copies of the buffer next to one another, linked in scroll position because they're in diff mode. However, it really doesn't work properly. The relative numbers aren't updated successfully (on 7.3.154, bug potentially fixed later, but I doubt it—it's scarcely worth it), and even if they did, you'd be stuck with a great eyesore and harder management and navigation.
You could do it with a plugin writing to a special buffer which you would keep on the left, but the implementation would be ugly, and it would still make navigation hard (because it's another buffer). I for one am certainly not going to spend time writing such a plugin, though I must confess I'd like to show both forms of line numbering.
Solution 4 - Vim
Many years later and this feature is now part of Vim and known as hybrid numbers.
You can turn this feature on by entering:
:set number relativenumber
No speed penalty either. As far as I can tell.
Solution 5 - Vim
Combining plnx and Macario answers with vim 7.4.
autocmd WinEnter,FocusGained * :setlocal number relativenumber
autocmd WinLeave,FocusLost * :setlocal number norelativenumber
This displays Relative Numbering (with current line in Absolute) in the focused window, and Absolute in the non-focused window.
Solution 6 - Vim
This are my mappings related to relative and absolute line numbers
Entering a window sets the window to relative numbers, while leaving it set it to absolute. Then if you do a vertical split of the window you would se the same buffer with relative and absoulte numbers.
" setglobal relativenumber
autocmd WinEnter * :setlocal relativenumber
autocmd WinLeave,FocusLost * :setlocal number
autocmd InsertEnter * :setlocal number
autocmd InsertLeave * :setlocal relativenumber
function! g:ToggleNuMode()
if(&relativenumber == 1)
set number
else
set relativenumber
endif
endfunc
map <C-l> :call g:ToggleNuMode()<CR>