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Hey there, Is it possible in vim to reveal the hidden formatting which vim gives to things like a tab, or new line? Kind of like the show/hide formatting feature ...
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  1. 02-21-2006 #1
    whittler
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    vim question

    Hey there,

    Is it possible in vim to reveal the hidden formatting which vim gives to things like a tab, or new line? Kind of like the show/hide formatting feature in OpenOffice Writer.

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    Code:
    :set list
    should enable it, you can disable it with

    Code:
    :set nolist
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  3. 02-21-2006 #3
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    Thanks very much. This will come in very handy.
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