Question

Let’s say I have a file with N lines. I’m at line X and I’d like to move to line Y, where both X and Y are visible on screen. I can do that by typing :Y<cr>, but if Y>99 that’s a lot of typing. I can also do abs(Y-X)[kj] (move up or down by abs(Y-X)), but for big X,Y computing this difference mentally isn’t so easy.

Is there a way to exploit the fact, that both X,Y are visible on screen and move between X and Y fast?

Answer 1

You can :set relativenumber which does that Y-X computing for you (only in Vim >= 7.3).