Vim: absolute numbering in any mode except `insert` mode

[Conaclos]

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• [X] Completed

Describe the feature

I am using the following vim configuration that allows relative numbering in any mode except in insert mode:

set relativenumber # Relative line numbering

autocmd InsertEnter * :set norelativenumber
autocmd InsertLeave * :set relativenumber

For now, Zed forces me to choose between relative line numbering or absolute line numbering.

I am not sure how this feature should be introduced. I see two possible approaches:

• add a new option line_numbers that takes absolute, relative and both as values. both could be the behavior I described here. Unfortunately I didn't find a better name...
• add a way to change settings using contexts (the same concept used by keymaps). We could imagine something like:

  {
    "context": "vim_mode == insert",
    "settings": { "relative_line_numbers": false }
  },
  {
    "context": "vim_mode != insert",
    "settings": { "relative_line_numbers": true }
  }
  

  However, this could introduce many issues. For example: should we accept any settings like theme, ...?

If applicable, add mockups / screenshots to help present your vision of the feature

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[0x2CA]

Can refer to the VSCode Vim plugin to add a setting for smart relative line numbers. https://github.com/VSCodeVim/Vim/issues/3020

[feketegy]

I know I'm in the minority but I usually use both numbering in Neovim, absolute and relative side-by-side so an option for showing both would be awesome.

This is how Neovim does it:

[LittleFat3Tuan]

I know I'm in the minority but I usually use both numbering in Neovim, absolute and relative side-by-side so an option for showing both would be awesome.

This is how Neovim does it:

Would love this, too. Don't know why this is already marked "closed".

[ConradIrwin]

@LittleFat3Tuan Sounds like a different feature request than the one described here. Could you please open a separate issue for it.

[muja]

Has anything been done in this regard? Relative line numbers are a must locally, but when you're scrolled 200 lines away from your cursor (e.g. because you're trying to scroll to the line number from a stack trace), they are useless and actually counterproductive. Context-sensitive absolute line numbers would be awesome. Always side-by-side would be a trade-off although bloaty (but a setting can't harm I guess)