When using gdb and Vim, often I want to stop on a particular line. Normally in Vim I copy-paste the line number showing on the rule area to the gdb session. It'd save me a lot of hassle if I could use something like "+<magic-incantation> to copy the line number of the current cursor position into the xclipboard buffer. Is this possible?
put this in your vimrc
map ,n <Esc>:let @*=line(".")<CR>
then using ,n will copy the current line number into the clipboard
Not sure if this is what you're after but have you tried using markers?
Put the cursor on the line you want, then enter m and a letter, say a.
Entering 'a will take you to the line containing the marker.
Entering `a will take you to the actual letter that you marked in the line.
Hmm, just thinking a bit further, this must be available as the line number is available for use in various functions, e.g. for use in the status bar.