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Name: jb60606
Date: July 24, 2006 at 12:27:52 Pacific
Subject: VI line number
OS: Sun Solaris 10
CPU/Ram: Opteron
Model/Manufacturer: Sun

Comment:

No, this isn't about applying line numbering to the left margin of VI.
I recall being able to get a simple line number, at the bottom of my vi editor, that told me which line I was presently working on.
Is there any way to re-activate that feature, or was it only native to older releases...
thanks

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Response Number 1

Name: Vertabreaker
Date: July 25, 2006 at 08:01:14 Pacific
Subject: VI line number

Reply: (edit)

Hi,
Did you try CTRL-G?
~Regards
Verta

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Response Number 2

Name: jb60606
Date: July 25, 2006 at 08:49:48 Pacific
Subject: VI line number

Reply: (edit)

eh, that's handy, though not quite the same thing.
Anyways, I just discovered it's standard on all of our Linux boxes. In the lower right hand corner of the vi window, it tells you the exact line & character number you're on.

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Response Number 3

Name: Vertabreaker
Date: July 25, 2006 at 08:51:48 Pacific
Subject: VI line number

Reply: (edit)

Cool. Glad ya found it :)

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Response Number 4

Name: jb60606
Date: July 25, 2006 at 11:04:15 Pacific
Subject: VI line number

Reply: (edit)

thanks. Just wish there was a way to get it on our solaris 10 boxes.

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Response Number 5

Name: lchi2000g
Date: July 25, 2006 at 11:25:11 Pacific
Subject: VI line number

Reply: (edit)

If you do the following on Linux:
$ type vi
vi is aliased to `vim'
vim will display the cursor line # you want, but /bin/vi will not.
vim can be downloaded from http://www.vim.org/download.php.
(The alias on linux is defined in /etc/profile.d/*, like vim.sh, vim.csh)

Luke Chi

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