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I guess it's also one thing to know them, and one thing to be comfortable typing them in a nonstop flow of text. My keystroke speed rarely changes from insert m

I guess it's also one thing to know them, and one thing to be comfortable typing them in a nonstop flow of text. My keystroke speed rarely changes from insert mode to control mode; vim commands have become an integral part of my typing process. I feel severely gimped whenever I can't use my vim controls. As for knowing the number of lines you need to jump, either do :set number and be quick at math, or you can modify the numbers to be relative to your current line. I took me probably a week to be able to actually get anything done in vim, and a month to prefer vim to anything else. That being said, I know far more commands than the ones I listed. Those commands got me to my first month, though.

gingerlime 13y ago
I think the number thing can be confusing, and it is hard to think in terms of 'delete the following 5 lines'. For those things I tend to use visual mode and highlight (still think keyboard-based selection is faster than with a mouse most times). I also have a shortcut for a 3-way toggle using F2 - so I can either see absolute, relative or no line numbers at all. I don't use it much, but it can be handy at times. function! NumberToggle() if(g:numberstate == 0) set number let g:numberstate=1 elseif(g:numberstate == 1) set relativenumber let g:numberstate=2 else set nonumber set norelativenumber let g:numberstate=0 endif set foldcolumn=0 endfunc let g:numberstate=0 nnoremap <F2> :call NumberToggle()<CR>
- gurraman 13y ago
  You can get rid of the global variable by testing the actual settings instead: function! NumberToggle() if (!&number && !&relativenumber) set number set norelativenumber elseif (&number && !&relativenumber) set relativenumber else set nonumber set norelativenumber endif set foldcolumn=0 endfunc
  - gingerlime 13y ago
    Thanks! It was my first attempt writing a vim function, so wasn't exactly sure. This looks much better.

gingerlime 13y ago

I think the number thing can be confusing, and it is hard to think in terms of 'delete the following 5 lines'. For those things I tend to use visual mode and highlight (still think keyboard-based selection is faster than with a mouse most times). I also have a shortcut for a 3-way toggle using F2 - so I can either see absolute, relative or no line numbers at all. I don't use it much, but it can be handy at times. function! NumberToggle() if(g:numberstate == 0) set number let g:numberstate=1 elseif(g:numberstate == 1) set relativenumber let g:numberstate=2 else set nonumber set norelativenumber let g:numberstate=0 endif set foldcolumn=0 endfunc let g:numberstate=0 nnoremap <F2> :call NumberToggle()<CR>

gurraman 13y ago
You can get rid of the global variable by testing the actual settings instead: function! NumberToggle() if (!&number && !&relativenumber) set number set norelativenumber elseif (&number && !&relativenumber) set relativenumber else set nonumber set norelativenumber endif set foldcolumn=0 endfunc
- gingerlime 13y ago
  Thanks! It was my first attempt writing a vim function, so wasn't exactly sure. This looks much better.