On Mi, 22 Mai 2024, Igor wrote:
> Hi, I use latest vim v9.1.0429 on Windows 11. > > In the file I have received I was convinced there are spaces between > words, but there were some special characters and so when I tried to > execute the commands in my cmd I have got very strange syntax errors. > Probably some special character has been copied from Microsoft Word. > > I would like to distinguish normal spaces with characters that are in > vim displayed as spaces, but are some non-space characters. Is there a > way to display those characters so that I will spot them as special > characters? Someone shared the following on the list a few years ago https://groups.google.com/g/vim_use/c/FuEGojGwKCM/m/V1K8VAWWKrEJ and since then I have it in my .vimrc even so I should probably change it to a WinEnter autocommand. " Highlight special white space hi def link WhiteSpaceError Error match WhiteSpaceError /[\x0b\x0c\u00a0\u1680\u180e\u2000-\u200a\u2028\u202f\u205f\u3000]/ Thanks, Christian -- Almost anything derogatory you could say about today's software design would be accurate. -- K. E. Iverson -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/Zk3sfp1p1qA1crbG%40256bit.org.
