Show hidden characters with Neovim
Published on 2024-03-03 • Modified on 2024-03-03
This snippet shows how to show hidden characters with Neovim. We must use the listchars parameter. In the following configuration:
- trailing (useless) spaces are displayed with
- - tabulation are displayed with
>- - end of the line (if over the window) is displatey with
#
Note that these characters are displayed differently from your standard colour to avoid confusion with the regular characters. In my case, they are displayed in blue.
set list
set listchars=tab:>-,trail:-,extends:#,nbsp:.
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