Is there an option to zero-pad line numbers?

Question

When using set number and set numberwidth I'd like to have the line numbers padded with zeros instead of spaces.

example:

0001
0002
0003

Can it be done?

Not unless you change Vim's source code. – romainl May 01 '16 at 14:22 — romainl, May 01 '16 at 14:22

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 01 '16 at 17:32

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AFAIK, this can only be done by changing the Vim source code and rebuilding.

The changes you need to make are as follows:

For zero-padded number, in src/screen.c on lines 2502 and 3712, replace:

char *fmt = "%*ld ";

with

char *fmt = "%0*ld ";

For zero-padded relativenumber, in the same file, on lines 2519 and 3725, replace:

fmt = "%-*ld ";

with

fmt = "%0*ld ";

Line numbers noted above are for the current version on Github, 7.4.1799.

edited May 01 '16 at 17:32

muru

answered May 01 '16 at 15:18

verb_noun

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From this answer: Be sure to use the canonical URL. You can get it for a particular commit by pressing the y key. The URL in your browser will change accordingly. – Jair López May 01 '16 at 15:49
@JairLopez Cool, I didn't know about that feature on github. I updated the URLs in my answer. – verb_noun May 01 '16 at 16:30

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