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let foo = &filetype  " assign an option to a variable
let foo = &filetype  " assign an option to a variable
set filetype=vim    " assign a value to an option
set filetype=vim    " assign a value to an option
setlocal ignorecase  " set the local variable value
echo &l:ignorecase  " get the local variable value
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Revision as of 04:09, 16 April 2023

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
setlocal ignorecase  " set the local variable value
echo &l:ignorecase   " get the local variable value

list, listchars

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