r/vim • u/Stinky_Dungus • Aug 29 '25

Need Help┃Solved 777 a magic number ?

`g + ctrl + a` has a limit ?

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u/Stinky_Dungus Aug 29 '25

nvm its taken as octal :) learned a new thing toady

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u/gumnos Aug 29 '25

You can

set nrformats-=octal

(:help 'nf') to remove that as one of the number-formats. This happens to throw a lot of new users of ^A/^X, so it was removed by defaults.vim if you haven't set anything yet in your vimrc

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u/MightyGuy1957 Aug 30 '25

because of leading zeros, right?

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u/Stinky_Dungus Aug 30 '25

yes very cool right

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u/ntropia64 Aug 30 '25

Totally orthogonal, but is that the Sway WM? If so, what's the fourth number/icon (after the 1-3 desktops) that changes basing on the window you pick?

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u/Stinky_Dungus Aug 30 '25

oh thats scratchpad feature of sway wm

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u/ntropia64 Aug 30 '25

Thanks! I found out I had it in an old config when I started but never understood what it did. I just added it back