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  1. Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!cbnewsm!corey
  3. From: corey@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (william.c.brown)
  4. Subject: Re: vi editor
  5. Organization: AT&T
  6. Distribution: usa
  7. Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 12:41:55 GMT
  8. Message-ID: <1993Jan7.124155.3512@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>
  9. Summary: vi line numbers
  10. References: <1993Jan6.153020.26807@nmsu.edu>
  11. Keywords: vi rule ruler editor
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  14. In article <1993Jan6.153020.26807@nmsu.edu>, wjohnson@nmsu.edu (Wilbur Johnson) writes:
  15. > 
  16. > A friend of mine asked me a question about vi that I was unable to answer.
  17. > 
  18. > He said that a long time ago he could load a MACRO into vi that would provide
  19. > a column rule (i.e. column number indicator) that would appear as a side effect
  20. > to his document. That is the ruler would act like line numbering.
  21. > 
  22. > We are particularly interested in SunOS vi.
  23. > 
  24.  
  25.  
  26. Try "set nu" in command mode and "viola" line numbers...
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