Hi list,

On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 10:24:58PM -0800, Christoffer Klang wrote:
> Sorry if this is at all an inappropriate way to submit feature
> requests. Please correct me if it is.
> 
> I was wondering if it would be a lot of work to implement a vertical
> line that shows up at a certain column (usually  the 80th)? I'm
> talking about a feature that is often called 'visual print margin' in
> other editors.
> 
> I find this visual cue to be very helpful when programming to avoid
> having too wide lines, and would love to have it in Macvim. I know
> that I can keep my eye on the current column in the statusbar, and the
> trick to highlight the 81th char using search, but I feel that both of
> these ways take away my focus and interrupts the workflow. The same is
> definitely true for setting :tw=80 and letting the text wrap
> automatically.
IntelliJ Idea does provide such a line and I liked it very much, too.
But I'd like to extend that feature request even more: IntelliJ uses
such thin *horizontal* lines to separate methods in Java source. And
that is IMHO a real killer feature as it helps to spot the building
blocks immediately. I'd love to see such lines vim/gvim/macvim.

If someone could point me into the right direction I'd be willing to
implement it myself. Though I have never looked into the source of Vim
so far.

Best regards,
 Jean


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