Highlight text longer than 80 columns in vim
Add the following to your .vimrc to highlight any text that extends past the 80 column mark with a subtle red background.
" Highlight past 80 columns
if has('gui_running')
highlight OverLength guibg=#592929
match OverLength /\%>80v.\+/
endifIt's configured to only run in GUI versions of vim since it's pretty annoying in a term. It's very useful to bind the setting to a toggle key for quick checks.
Original Source: http://stackoverflow.com/a/235970/1041926
Written by James Tomasino
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If you're running Vim 7.3 (or better) you can use set colorcolumn=80 which draws the vertical bar at this column. It lets you easily see the desired text width.
To gracefully support older Vims, use:
if exists('&colorcolumn')
set colorcolumn=80
endifTo change the color, use ColorColumn highlight group.
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