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Bottom-right numbers in Vim

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Mar 15, 20264106 views
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Problem

At the bottom right hand side of the vim editor, there are 2 numbers that display the row and column number in the following format: But on certain lines, this format is used: What does the above format with the mean? The cursor is still on column but what is that ?

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Fix for: Bottom-right numbers in Vim

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It refers to cursor position with respect to special characters (ie: tab). Say your screen was like this (small screen, I know): Any single character (except unicode) = 1 byte 3 attached lines (---) = Tab = 1 byte 1 space (-) = 1 byte Tab is configu…

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