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Old 09-01-2010
Quick question about set number
In my .exrc file I have line numbers turned on but it adds an indent. I don't like this, is there a way to have the line numbers at the left edge of my terminal instead of indented? Here's my .exrc

Code:
     1  set ignorecase noslowopen report=0 autoindent showmatch showmode nu
     2  set tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4
     3  map @ :w^M:!g++ *.cpp && a.out^M
     4  map ^ :w^M:!make && a.out < input^M
     5  map ^P :w^M:!gcc *.c && a.out < input^M
     6  map ^A :w^M:!g++ % && a.out^M
     7  map! ^A ^[:w^M:!g++ % && a.out^M

# 2  
Old 09-01-2010
Code:
:se -nonu (for removing line nos)
:se -noai (for no indentation)

# 3  
Old 09-01-2010
Okay, let me be more specific:

I like the line numbers.
I also like that fact that vi currently keeps my indentations.
It's just since I turned on line numbers every line starts indented, is there a way to fix that?
# 4  
Old 09-01-2010
The problem is that vi is expecting the line numbers to become quite long (many digits) and is reserving space for these long numbers. There is probably no way to change this behavior, because otherwise it would run the risk of this:

Code:
...
8 line 8
9 line 9
10 line 10      <- this would mess up the display of text

I hope this helps (understanding).

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# 5  
Old 09-01-2010
That makes perfect sense and it's a lot less annoying now that I know it serves a purpose.

Thanks a lot!
 
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