Re: Relative line numbering and current line

On Saturday, June 1, 2013 7:13:56 PM UTC+2, Grant wrote:
> ... But I think
> it is against the spirit of vim that we should remove useful
> functionality (non-wasteful relative line number functionality) that
> people depend on without at least giving them some backwards
> compatibility.

Agreed.

Backwards compatibility seems to be one of the guiding principles in Vim
development. But backwards compatibility is not only a strictly
technical concept, it should include remaining backwards compatible with
the reasonable expectations and practices of the users. In that sense,
the absolute current line number is a decidedly backwards incompatible
change.

Anyway, people have made up their minds. Some think it's useful, some
think it's distracting. For some people it adds value, for some people
it subtracts value. Let's please make it customizable.

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