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Re:Best of Vim Tips by jaredmcateer on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @11:50AM (#7944702)
In your vimrc add the following (version 7.3+):

    set number
    set relativenumber
This turns your line numbers into a hybrid mode that show the numbers relative to your cursor and the actual line number your cursor is currently on.
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Re:Best of Vim Tips by e12e on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @09:14PM (#7947648)
Yikes! The continually changing numbers drives me crazy. Thanks for the tip, but I think I'll stick with just using ":13" to go to line #13... I guess there is some benefit if you do a lot of yanking/cutting based on lines, rather than some magic matching or such. But for now, relative line numbers is not for me.

For (a little) more, see:

http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Jump_to_a_line_number

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Re:Best of Vim Tips by mediocrejoker on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @06:51PM (#7947211)
This doesn't work for me in 7.3.429-2ubuntu2.1. It still shows 0 for the line you're currently on.
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Re:Best of Vim Tips by steveklabnik on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @04:45PM (#7946664)
That is way cooler than my old 'focus' hack. Thank you!
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