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| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/options.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/lua/vim/_meta/options.lua | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/nvim/options.lua | 3 |
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt index f02d3c9741..d0c2f20685 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/options.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt @@ -3842,6 +3842,9 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|. between tabs and spaces and for trailing blanks. Further changed by the 'listchars' option. + When 'listchars' does not contain "tab" field, tabs are shown as "^I" + or "<09>", like how unprintable characters are displayed. + The cursor is displayed at the start of the space a Tab character occupies, not at the end as usual in Normal mode. To get this cursor position while displaying Tabs with spaces, use: >vim diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/_meta/options.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/_meta/options.lua index 155c93726b..27534789b3 100644 --- a/runtime/lua/vim/_meta/options.lua +++ b/runtime/lua/vim/_meta/options.lua @@ -3830,6 +3830,9 @@ vim.go.lw = vim.go.lispwords --- between tabs and spaces and for trailing blanks. Further changed by --- the 'listchars' option. --- +--- When 'listchars' does not contain "tab" field, tabs are shown as "^I" +--- or "<09>", like how unprintable characters are displayed. +--- --- The cursor is displayed at the start of the space a Tab character --- occupies, not at the end as usual in Normal mode. To get this cursor --- position while displaying Tabs with spaces, use: diff --git a/src/nvim/options.lua b/src/nvim/options.lua index f323926015..b6e6a83508 100644 --- a/src/nvim/options.lua +++ b/src/nvim/options.lua @@ -4876,6 +4876,9 @@ return { between tabs and spaces and for trailing blanks. Further changed by the 'listchars' option. + When 'listchars' does not contain "tab" field, tabs are shown as "^I" + or "<09>", like how unprintable characters are displayed. + The cursor is displayed at the start of the space a Tab character occupies, not at the end as usual in Normal mode. To get this cursor position while displaying Tabs with spaces, use: >vim |