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nvim-listchars

Easily configure and toggle listchars

📦 Installation

In order to display listchars by default, you must enable them somewhere in your init.lua before loading the plugin.

vim.opt.list = true

If you simply want to display listchars when needed, you can toggle them ON/OFF with the command :ListcharsToggle.

Lazy (recommended)

With defaults

{ "fraso-dev/nvim-listchars", config = true }

Packer

With defaults

use {
  "fraso-dev/nvim-listchars",
  config = function()
    require("nvim-listchars").setup()
  end
}

⚙️ Configuration

Defaults

{
  save_state = true, -- If enabled, save toggled state in a cache file. Will overwrite current `vim.opt.list` value.
  listchars = { -- `listchars` to be displayed. See available options by running `:help listchars`
    tab = "> ",
    trail = "-",
    nbsp = "+",
  },
  exclude_filetypes = {}, -- List of filetypes where `listchars` is disabled
  lighten_step = 5, -- Amount to add/remove from base color
}

Example with updated preferences

{
  "fraso-dev/nvim-listchars",
  config = function()
    require("nvim-listchars").setup({
      save_state = false,
      listchars = {
        trail = "-",
        eol = "↲",
        tab = "» ",
      },
      exclude_filetypes = {
        "markdown"
      },
      lighten_step = 10,
    })
  end,
}

You can find the complete list of available chars by running :help listchars

⚡ Commands

:ListcharsStatus
:ListcharsToggle
:ListcharsDisable
:ListcharsEnable
:ListcharsClearCache
:ListcharsLightenColors
:ListcharsDarkenColors

Notes

If you want to enable tab chars you must disable expandtab:

vim.opt.expandtab = false