I use gvim with
set number
in my .vimrc
so it shows the linenumber, plus a space, before every line.
If the document has less than 10 lines, this takes 2 columns, If it has more than 10, 3 columns and so on.
If I put
set lines=40 columns=80
in .gvimrc
, it will show 78 columns of code and 2 for the linenumber plus pace, or 77 + 3 and so on.
I'd like the window width to be set to 80 columns + whatever number of columns are necessary to show the linenumber.
It doesn't need to be dynamic, but I'd like to be able to read the number of lines of a given file and set columns
according. (Of course, a dynamic solution would be really neat, but not essential)
Best Answer
Try this in your ~/.vimrc:
Every time you load a buffer (i.e., open a file), that will determine the number of columns required to show the largest line number, set the 'numberwidth' option accordingly, and set 'columns' to that number plus 80 for your text.