RE: Space symbols and indent guides in VIM

On Wed, 15 Sep 2010, Steve Hall wrote:

> From: Oliver Adams, Wed, September 15, 2010 10:34 am
>> On 16 September 2010 00:02, Alex A. wrote:
>>>
>>> Does anybody know if it is possible to setup VIM to show space
>>> symbols (at least) and indent guides (would be great) permanently?
>>> I mean, that I want to clearly see space symbols all the time I am
>>> editing a file.
>>
>> in your .vimrc i think you go "set list" to enable, and "set
>> listchars" which has a few different arguments depending on what you
>> want displayed.
>
> Indent guides are possible if you use tabs, through the "tab:xy"
> component of &listchars.

Also see several recent threads on vim-use that talk about highlighting
certain columns. (Often that's the goal.)

> Trailing spaces can be achieved via "trail:c" and non-breaking spaces
> through "nbsp:c".
>
> Intermediate spaces are not (yet) possible in Vim, although I have
> been holding my breath for about 10 years. :)

Not possible via 'listchars'. The following highlights them as errors,
for example:

syn match Spaces ' '
hi link Spaces ErrorMsg

Needs autocmd love (will be overwritten by other syntax files/autocmds),
but it also depends on the goal whether that's a reasonable solution.

--
Best,
Ben

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