Re: test for nbsp option in listchars

Am 19.04.2012 09:47, schrieb Bee:
> In vim 7+ this works:
>
> set listchars+=nbsp:=
>
> but vim 6 does not have the option 'nbsp:c' and will give an error.
>
> How to check? Only by version number?
>
> if v:version>= 700 "vim6.2
> set listchars+=nbsp:= " show non-breaking space
> endif
>
> Something like this does not seem to work:
>
> echo exists("+nbsp")
>
> Since I do not always know what version has an option, testing
> v:version is not reliable.
>
> Bill

Can you just ignore the error (?):

:sil! set listchars+=nbsp:= " show non-breaking space

Works or fails silently.

--
Andy

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