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I just got the idea that I wanted to make it so that Vim centered around a line when I jump to it.

Is there a way to make zz be executed automatically after I have called the colon command followed by only digits (:175 for example)?

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I'd use normal mode only 175Gzz – Bernhard Apr 19 at 9:45
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You can actually just use 175zz. – Random832 Apr 19 at 12:44

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You can override normal-mode commands (like [N]G) with :nnoremap, but there's no hook for Ex commands (like the peculiar :[N]). Your only options are a hook on the CursorMoved event:

:autocmd CursorMoved * normal! zz

but that would affect all jumps, or a custom command, e.g. :[N]J, but that's even more typing.

Best re-teach yourself to use G (it's shorter, too!) and use this mapping:

:nnoremap <expr> G (v:count ? 'Gzz' : 'G')
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Sweet! I've only used G to go to the end of the document before. Thanks a lot! :) – professorsloth Apr 19 at 11:42

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