Samstag, 19. Juli 2008
Vim tip: soft textwidth for source code – highlight column 80
fuel, 21:27h
When editing source code in Vim I want to have a soft limit on 80 columns. I try to generally format code to fit this convention, but with the possibility to escape it if it gets too ugly. That's why I wouldn't :set textwidth=80. Instead set an additional syntax highlighting rule, by adding to your .vimrc:
" Highlight column 80 match CursorColumn /\%80v./
This adds to an existing syntax highlighting, so you can keep your existing highlighting or file type settings as they are.
See :help \%v for an explanation. See also Vim Tip #810 or #1523.
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