Re: How to indicate multiple window lines that belong to a long line in a file

Am 2015-04-01 15:00, schrieb 'Paul August' via vim_use:
> Christian:
>
> Thank you for your quick response. The showbreak option helps. But it
> looks like a character is inserted at the beginning of each continued
> line. It is a workable but not an ideal solution. Ideally, I would
> like to have showbreak symbol to be displayed in the margin.
>
> I did try numberwidth before. But this option is not very useful
> because it does not set the width of the number column as the name
> suggests. It actually sets the minimum width of the number column.
> When working with a big file, it has little impact on the space taken
> by the number column.

Well, it is not particular pretty, but you can use something like this:
:set cpo+=n nonu rnu nuw=3 bri briopt=sbr

This will draw the 'showbreak' symbol in the margin of the number
column. But you need a number setting (either 'number' or
'relativenumber')
applied so that this column will be drawn and the relativenumber option
is set only, because this number is usually not so wide, so 3
letters should be enough and you need 'breakindent' set so that the
briopt setting is applied.

Best,
Christian

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