From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 6 17:41:46 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A3B12A37 for ; Sat, 6 Sep 2014 17:41:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qa0-f46.google.com (mail-qa0-f46.google.com [209.85.216.46]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6122D105A for ; Sat, 6 Sep 2014 17:41:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qa0-f46.google.com with SMTP id w8so12311411qac.33 for ; Sat, 06 Sep 2014 10:41:38 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:mime-version:content-type:from :in-reply-to:date:cc:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references :to; bh=kMZ/QpypDcxAtqZMQ4kK+diSwOE+MCnksizQo3I8p8k=; b=RcMWdZ6NHaH2wIaq0Lx5A7uzXpbh2AGEJrmR/P6Txq7ro2u7Z2lWyCpfekxCk4TfJ2 DV7ZArS0OWdOI5qf2QE+DHFSv9v9JFafRZo8XNC0hPv1OzY8/DpyJih5V+UG5ThqFOpk 7XJghbK3dwTx06BeDNx1MNFo/WpxSX+F6h2QtYuobyj6sUUNIgyX8Be2toCxjUkcVi2w Rwz+D/lBJk9rkefXX817RWkE4SmLqej+C5xJjo69rGJeURDkqu7q9ZEe9lG2FjOtEJVv nO3ZgxFERCbHm6R6/a1XUy9E60BNMX4ejW7uOPEGiQXPKqCroWCjpBQR3fLH6Tc1MmCN fDLg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlZ7KvmOhhasN4LVA6Me18Cgh3EVuENcz432d606zlNvWzjZLeGk+6d9zvpNPFrUPgE6qRi X-Received: by 10.224.98.207 with SMTP id r15mr9964214qan.23.1410025298817; Sat, 06 Sep 2014 10:41:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.65] ([96.236.21.80]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id f4sm3669655qag.5.2014.09.06.10.41.37 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 06 Sep 2014 10:41:38 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Column ruler (like line numbers) in vi / vim / gvim Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 From: Paul Kraus In-Reply-To: <20140906012327.3320bd39.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2014 13:41:37 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <8721540F-1DD5-47AC-8492-A307A6381647@kraus-haus.org> References: <20140906012327.3320bd39.freebsd@edvax.de> To: Polytropon X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) Cc: FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2014 17:41:46 -0000 On Sep 5, 2014, at 19:23, Polytropon wrote: > There is _one_ feature that I didn't find in vi / vim / gvim, > and especially in regards of column-oriented data files, this > would be really helpful: a real COLUMN RULER on top. I have > "set number" and "set ruler" already in ~/.vimrc, but this > involves too much "eye travel". I'd like to quickly see column > numbers (on top) like I can see line numbers (on the left). >=20 > As a grown-old mainframe person, I'm thinking about something > like this: >=20 > |...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+=85.6 I have been cheating this for years, I use a line very much like the = above as a comment and separator when I am writing scripts :-) #=97=97=97=971=97=97=97=972=97=97=97=973=97=97=97=974=97=97=97=975=97=97=97= =976=97=97=97=977=97=97=97=978 -- Paul Kraus paul@kraus-haus.org