From 587aeef5d7208aa76bd47f7fbea18d6918bfa7f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Kenneth Benzie (Benie)" <benie@infektor.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 22:42:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Use signcolumn=number when available

---
 plugin/settings.vim | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plugin/settings.vim b/plugin/settings.vim
index a07af9a..1a92808 100644
--- a/plugin/settings.vim
+++ b/plugin/settings.vim
@@ -152,7 +152,11 @@ set formatoptions+=rq
 
 " Always show the signcolum
 if exists('&signcolumn')
-  set signcolumn=yes
+  try
+    set signcolumn=number
+  catch /E474/
+    set signcolumn=auto
+  endtry
 endif
 
 " Enable modeline