> > Solution: Only use the "extends" character when 'list' is on. (Hirohito
> > Higashi, closes #4360)
>
> This change may be consistent, but is it helpful?
It was a bit of a mistake to add these items in 'listchars', we are
correcting that now.
> It seems to me that extends and precedes provide basic UI
> feedback akin to a scrollbar or the 'display' option, rather
> than displaying special characters differently. I, and one
> other I've spoken to, like to know if there is text hidden
> off-screen, without having to keep 'list' enabled.
>
> Is anyone else bugged by this change, or does everyone
> 'wrap' religiously?
The todo list has a brief entry for this:
Add something like 'fillchars' local to window, but allow for
specifying a highlight name. Esp. for the statusline.
So, the reason we didn't quickly add another option to make "extends"
work when 'list' is off, is that we probably want to add some more
functionality at the same time. That is keeping it local to the
window, and being able to specify separate highlighting. This could be
useful for other "filler" characters as well.
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