Re: vi line number display

[David Talkington <dtalk prairienet org>]

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scott.list wrote:

>When using vi, my display allows for about 7 digits of line numbers.  It
>also displays leading underbars as shown below after "set nu" .
>
>Is there a way/place to adjust this default behavior?  It did not do it on
>an older 5.something version of redhad but has ever since 6.  I've looked at
>":set all"  but don't see anything there that appears to control this.
>
>______1 sadfj
>______2 sdf
>______3 ;sdlk
>______4 sdf
>______5 sdj

Speaking from experience, and not with authority, I suspect this is a
term emulation artifact. Notice that vi always indents this way; the
difference in this case is that instead of whitespace, you're seeing
underscores.  I've seen that too, on occasion, but never reliably
enough to determine a cause.

Try another term type, and let me know if that helps. I'd love to know
what that's about too.

- -d

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David Talkington
http://www.spotnet.org

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