From fcd99d9c22b7187c764144ca2dadc2f6db485330 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maxime Coste <mawww@kakoune.org>
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2016 22:10:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Use absolute distance for relative line numbering

Closes #1068
---
 src/highlighters.cc | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/highlighters.cc b/src/highlighters.cc
index 21b557c4..3b761fcc 100644
--- a/src/highlighters.cc
+++ b/src/highlighters.cc
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ void show_line_numbers(const Context& context, HighlightFlags flags,
         const int line_to_format = (relative and not is_cursor_line) ?
                                    current_line - main_selection : current_line;
         char buffer[16];
-        snprintf(buffer, 16, format, line_to_format);
+        snprintf(buffer, 16, format, std::abs(line_to_format));
         DisplayAtom atom{buffer};
         atom.face = (hl_cursor_line and is_cursor_line) ? face_absolute : face;
         line.insert(line.begin(), std::move(atom));