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penno
5 years ago

Does anyone know how to make line numbers the default?? :?

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qmchenry
5 years ago

If you are in a UNIX operating system, you can create a file in your home directory called .exrc that vi will read when it starts. Just put set number on its own line as well as any other set. To see what other options are available and their current values, use :set all from within vi.

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penno
5 years ago

That works wonderfully! Thank you very much!! :D

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Anonymous
4 years ago

Alternativley you can see the current cursor postiton with :set ruler

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trilobites
9 months ago

wow, thanks. very helpful!

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thanks
8 months ago

thanks

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pandiano
7 months ago

MANY THX!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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robertmarkbram
6 months ago

Helped me!

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tom
5 months ago

helped me too!

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Rob
4 months ago

Is it possible to get vim to show line numbers by default? I need them more often than not.

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Quinn McHenry
4 months ago

Sure thing -- just add

:set number

to the file .vimrc in your home directory.

Sometime when you get bored, type :set all while in vim.. it'll show you all the available options. Chances are if there's some behavior you don't like in vim, you can tweak it.

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