word count

[Igor Lerinc]

we have relative numbering for lines, so we don't have to calculate when we want to jump between lines.

But is something similar possible for words? 

For current line to show, what number of word it is? Depending on where cursor is?

Because i don't feel like calculating how much words there is between cursor and word where i want to jump to. And it would be faster and efficient, 'to just know' how much words to jump in current line to get to some word

[Steve Litt]

Igor Lerinc said on Wed, 28 Dec 2022 08:26:01 -0800 (PST)

6w in display mode jumps you 6 words ahead.


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[Igor Lerinc]

Yes, but is there way for it, to show some sort of numbers relative to curson on that line. 

Some small nukber above word, idk. 

Just not to calculate how much words i need to jump, if i want to go jumping between words.

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[Enan Ajmain]

On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 08:26:01 -0800 (PST)

Should be easy, specially if Vim has a way to add virtual text. But I
think that'd add too much noise to be useful.

I suggest using 'f' and 't' and plain searching ('/' and '?') to move
around than motions like 'nw', 'nb', 'ne', etc. (where 'n' is any
positive integer). I can't provide any statistical data supporting that
'f','t','/','?' are better, but try it out and see if it works before
investing time building a custom plugin to add “relative numbering for
words.”

P.S. I don't use line numbers (relative or otherwise) either, except
when doing pair programming. I find that '/','?' are much faster and
precise and jumping to lines with 'nj','nk','nG', etc. So consider my
suggestion with enough skepticism.

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[Milan Glacier]

Don't you know there are vim-easymotion, vim-sneak, and many other
plugins for quick navigation? If you want pluginless, I don't come up
with an easy way to do so in a script with only a few lines.