2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e4391d3..28c2704 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@ At this time there exists no API stability guarantees.
      - `line` (1 based), `col` (1 based)
      - `to(line, col)`
      - `pos` bytes from start of file (0 based)
+     - `number` zero based index of cursor
 
 Most of the exposed objects are managed by the C core. Allthough there
 is a simple object life time management mechanism in place, it is still
diff --git a/vis-lua.c b/vis-lua.c
index 5a446b7..5141cfa 100644
--- a/vis-lua.c
+++ b/vis-lua.c
@@ -580,6 +580,11 @@ static int window_cursor_index(lua_State *L) {
 			lua_pushunsigned(L, view_cursors_col(cur));
 			return 1;
 		}
+
+		if (strcmp(key, "number") == 0) {
+			lua_pushunsigned(L, view_cursors_number(cur)+1);
+			return 1;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return index_common(L);