Vim: temporarily show only specific lines

Question

Sometimes, in Vim, I want to show only a specific part of a file (for example, a specific method) while hiding the rest.

This helps me to focus at the problem at han

Answer 1

Similar to the already mentioned narrow plug-in, there's NrrwRgn. Visual select the region, :NR and the window is split with the selected region isolated in the new window. Very useful for coding, indeed.

Answer 2

Try the vim narrow plugin:

http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2097

VIM also has the ability to fold code, but that may not map entirely to what you want.

Answer 3

<ESC>:help folding

Not quite up to speed on folding myself, but I believe that's the feature you're looking for.