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akko
Asked: 2020-09-02 14:26:22 +0800 CST 2020-09-02 14:26:22 +0800 CST

How to interleave between absolute and relative numbers in Vim?

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I have the following lines in my vimrc which work perfectly on Linux, but don't work on OS X or Windows.

set relativenumber
nmap <F5> :set relativenumber! number!<CR>
imap <F5> <ESC>:set relativenumber! number!<CR>

The idea is that pressing F5 will toggle between relative and absolute, but the toggle only works the first time.

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  1. Best Answer

    I have solved it by means of a function that first checks the state to determine which path to follow:

    function! NumberToggle()
  if(&relativenumber == 1)
    set number
    set norelativenumber
  else
    set number  
    set relativenumber
  endif

endfunc

noremap <F5> :call NumberToggle()<cr>
inoremap <F5> <c-o>:call NumberToggle()<cr>
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