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Get current value of a setting in Vim

I know that you can use :set to change Vim settings and that you can set up a configuration file ~/.vimrc but I'm running into some issues getting this to work with MacVim and I want to be able to display what a Vim environment variable is.

Is there a command like :show tw or something like this that will do this?

Thanks.

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chuck taylor
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    Please close instead of answering duplicates, people. Above is one, [here is another one](http://stackoverflow.com/q/5314147/557306). – sidyll Sep 14 '11 at 19:58

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:set tw?

or if you want to know where it is set as well

:verbose set tw?

For even more setting fun

:options
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  • BTY, this is showing *options* not *variables*. For variables the command is `echo VAR`. – nn0p Apr 22 '16 at 16:23
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In addition to the accepted answer you may also use :echo &tw.

This has the advantage that you can't accidentally set a boolean option by forgetting to add the ?. The disadvantage is that you cannot use this method with verbose.

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  • I upvoted, but Avoid answering duplicates Randy, close it instead. – sidyll Sep 14 '11 at 19:59
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    @sidyll - Apparently I've seen one of these in the past as I have voted for one of the answers, however I did not remember it. If there is some secret way of duplicates popping out at me without me searching every single question I decide to answer, I'm not seeing it. If you'd rather me leave questions unanswered that I know an answer to because someone somewhere may have asked a similar question before that I am totally unaware of I can start doing that instead. This answer was clearly posted at least an hour before you marked it a duplicate and now that you have, I have voted to close. – Randy Morris Sep 14 '11 at 21:01
  • I see, no worries. Maybe the system will be improved enough in the future to find duplicates better; on the other hand, it's asker's responsibility to search thoughtfully. And thanks for supporting my vote :-) – sidyll Sep 14 '11 at 21:20