Re: How do I tell Vim I want line numbering when I view Help topics?

Thomas:

Thanks! I just needed to know where to go.

Cheers & thanks 'gain,
Rick
SFO


On Tuesday, May 8, 2012 4:26:17 PM UTC-7, Thomas Ba wrote:
> Hi,
>
> you could use "set number" in .vim/ftplugin/help.vim
>
> regards, Thomas
>
> On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 15:58:34 -0700, sfosparky wrote:
> > How can I tell VIM that I want it to display line numbering whenever
> > I view a help topic?
> >
> > Of course "set number" (without the quotation marks) in my .vimrc
> > file tells Vim I want line numbering on by default in my editing
> > windows. So far, so good.
> >
> > But I also want to tell Vim to display line numbers in help topics I
> > access via ":help [topic]".
> >
> > As it stands, to display line numbering in Help I need to type "set
> > number" after Vim displays the help information. And if I've done
> > that, and then use any of the navigation features to move to another
> > Help topic, Vim turns off the line numbers.
> >
> > Cheers & thanks,
> > Ric
> > SFO
>
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