Show total line count status bar sublime text 3

Question

Is there a code to put in the settings or a plugin that will show the total number of lines along the current line and column in the status bar in Sublime Text 3?

Answer 1

The code to show the number of lines in the status bar is very simple, just get the number of lines

line_count = view.rowcol(view.size())[0] + 1

and write the to the status bar

view.set_status("line_count", "#Lines: {0}".format(line_count))

If you want to pack in a plugin you just need to write this in a function and call it on some EventListener. Create a plugin by clicking Tools >> Developer >> New Plugin... and paste:

import time
import sublime
import sublime_plugin

last_change = time.time()
update_interval = 1.5  # s


class LineCountUpdateListener(sublime_plugin.EventListener):
    def update_line_count(self, view):
        line_count = view.rowcol(view.size())[0] + 1
        view.set_status("line_count", "#Lines: {0}".format(line_count))

    def on_modified(self, view):
        global last_change
        current_change = time.time()
        # check if we haven't embedded the change in the last update
        if current_change > last_change + update_interval:
            last_change = current_change
            sublime.set_timeout(lambda: self.update_line_count(view),
                                int(update_interval * 1000))

    on_new = update_line_count
    on_load = update_line_count

This does in essentially call the command, when creating a new view, loading a file, and modifying the views content. For performance reason it has some logic to not call it on every modification.