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How to show vertical line to wrap the line in Vim?

I'm interested in finding a way to show a vertical line at column 80 in Vim (not GVim).

I've used set wrap, but I just want to show a vertical line so I can wrap the long line myself.

Solution

  • Edit: For Vim >=7.3 see answer below.

    Unfortunately vim has no mechanism to display a vertical line after a column like you want (unlike, say, TextMate). However, there are alternative visual indicators that you can use to show that a line is too long.

    Here's what I use (you can put this in your .vimrc):

    nnoremap <Leader>H :call<SID>LongLineHLToggle()<cr>
hi OverLength ctermbg=none cterm=none
match OverLength /\%>80v/
fun! s:LongLineHLToggle()
 if !exists('w:longlinehl')
  let w:longlinehl = matchadd('ErrorMsg', '.\%>80v', 0)
  echo "Long lines highlighted"
 else
  call matchdelete(w:longlinehl)
  unl w:longlinehl
  echo "Long lines unhighlighted"
 endif
endfunction

    So then you can use <Leader>H to toggle columns over 80 being highlighted.