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Date:      Sat, 6 Sep 2014 13:41:37 -0400
From:      Paul Kraus <paul@kraus-haus.org>
To:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Column ruler (like line numbers) in vi / vim / gvim
Message-ID:  <8721540F-1DD5-47AC-8492-A307A6381647@kraus-haus.org>
In-Reply-To: <20140906012327.3320bd39.freebsd@edvax.de>
References:  <20140906012327.3320bd39.freebsd@edvax.de>

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On Sep 5, 2014, at 19:23, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> 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




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