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Comment by vulcan01 | Hacker News Reader

Instead of counting, you can use :set relativenumber (vim/neovim builtin) to quickly see how far away lines are.

(see https://jeffkreeftmeijer.com/vim-number/)

In my opinion the real downside of using <count>j and <count>k to move isn't the counting part, it's the fact that <count>k isn't a jump. That means it doesn't go into the jump list.

You can do something like this:

``` " Does: " For wrapped lines, does gj/gk " For large jumps, adds a spot on the jump list function! tj#jump_direction(letter) let jump_count = v:count

  if jump_count == 0
    call execute(printf('normal! g%s', a:letter))
    return
  endif

  if jump_count > 5
    call execute("normal! m'")
  endif

  call execute(printf('normal! %d%s', jump_count, a:letter))

endfunction ```

and map j and k to this

I tried to get into that for awhile. I tend to look at the line number where I want to jump, and do <number>gg instead. It has the benefit of allowing me to look at a file and get an idea of what's on lines 400 through 425 (for example).

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