RE: Space symbols and indent guides in VIM

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.

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. :)

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