restrict line length in vim/urxvt

Dethredic · 2009-09-25 17:31:56

So in my programming class the max line length we can use is 80 characters. Is it possible to show something / notify myself in vim/urxvt when I reach this limit so I know to move to the next line (something other than the character count in the bottom right, something more noticeable)

Garns · 2009-09-25 17:44:36

You can set textwidth to 80 to automatically break lines once you reach the 80 character limit.

You may find this interesting as well.

Dethredic · 2009-09-25 17:54:03

Thanks, also is there a way to set how many spaces I get when I press tab, so that I can reduce characters that was as well?

rson451 · 2009-09-25 17:56:05

:help sw
:help ts
:help sts

N30N · 2009-09-25 19:28:45

Dethredic wrote:

Is it possible to show something / notify myself in vim/urxvt when I reach this limit so I know to move to the next line (something other than the character count in the bottom right, something more noticeable)

hi OverLength cterm=reverse
match OverLength "\%81v.*"

Gen2ly · 2009-09-25 22:00:00

FYI, there is a .vimrc thread where you might be able to get more tips.

Dethredic · 2009-09-27 15:09:13

thanks a lot guys

Dethredic · 2009-09-28 18:07:32

Ok, I added a bunch of settings to my .vimrc but none of them seemed to take effect

sickill · 2010-12-22 09:13:05

In VIM 7.3:

set colorcolumn=80

Trent · 2010-12-22 19:42:49

Oops, my bad, didn't realize this was an old thread. Shame on the person above me.

Last edited by Trent (2010-12-22 19:43:48)

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restrict line length in vim/urxvt

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