Column ruler (like line numbers) in vi / vim / gvim

[Paul Kraus]

On Sep 5, 2014, at 19:23, Polytropon <freebsd at edvax.de> wrote:

> There is _one_ feature that I didn't find in vi / vim / gvim,
> and especially in regards of column-oriented data files, this
> would be really helpful: a real COLUMN RULER on top. I have
> "set number" and "set ruler" already in ~/.vimrc, but this
> involves too much "eye travel". I'd like to quickly see column
> numbers (on top) like I can see line numbers (on the left).
> 
> As a grown-old mainframe person, I'm thinking about something
> like this:
> 
> |...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+….6

I have been cheating this for years, I use a line very much like the above as a comment and separator when I am writing scripts :-)

#————1————2————3————4————5————6————7————8

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Paul Kraus
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