Vim: vertical lines indicating how much a line of code has been indented?

Question

Is there a way to get Vim to show vertical lines that make it visually easier to see how many tab stops (or spaces) a line of code has been indented?

possible duplicate of [Is it possible to display Indentation guides in Vim?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2158305/is-it-possible-to-display-indentation-guides-in-vim) — Randy Morris, Sep 19 '11 at 21:54

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 20 '11 at 06:36

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I think this plugin does what you want.

answered Sep 20 '11 at 06:36

nickmbailey

Fredrik Pihl · Answer 2 · 2011-09-19T20:19:44.030

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as a start, try this:

set list listchars=tab:»·,trail:·,extends:#

see :help 'listchars'

You can also place a vertical line at any desired column using (80 in this case):

highlight OverLength ctermbg=red ctermfg=white guibg=#592929
match OverLength /\%81v.\+/

As of vim 7.3, you can use set colorcolumn=80 (set cc=80 for short).

edited Sep 19 '11 at 20:19

answered Sep 19 '11 at 20:13

Fredrik Pihl

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