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" each tab will be displayed by a '| '
set list                 " activate listchars
set list
set listchars=tab:\|\ , " each tab preceded by '| '
set listchars=tab:\|\ ,
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Revision as of 02:49, 1 November 2021

Vim's configurable settings are called options

Documentation

:help option https://vimhelp.org/options.txt.html

Usage

let foo = &filetype  " assign an option to a variable
set filetype=vim     " assign a value to an option

list, listchars

set list                 " activate listchars
set listchars=tab:\|\ ,  " each tab preceded by '| '