How do I keep concealed text hidden while navigating but automatically reveal it when my cursor enters insert mode?
:set concealcursor=nv
The 'concealcursor' option controls in which modes concealed text is revealed on the cursor line.
Tag: display
How do I stop Vim from replacing long lines with rows of '@' signs and show as much text as possible instead?
:set display+=lastline,truncate
By default, when a line is too long to fit in the window, Vim fills the remaining rows with @ characters to indicate the line continues off-screen.
How do I make Vim show the beginning of long lines that don't fit on screen instead of just showing @@@ placeholders?
:set display=lastline
By default, when the last visible line of a window is too long to fit on screen, Vim shows @@@ in its place — hiding the content entirely.
How do I add a visual indicator at the start of soft-wrapped continuation lines to tell them apart from real line starts?
set showbreak=↪\
When wrap is enabled, long lines visually wrap to the next screen row.
How do I hide or replace the ~ characters that appear at the end of a buffer?
:set fillchars+=eob:
By default, Vim fills empty lines after the end of a buffer with ~ characters.
How do I navigate through wrapped lines visually instead of by actual lines?
gj and gk
When wrap is enabled, long lines wrap across multiple screen lines.
How do I visually hide or conceal matched text in Vim?
:syntax match Conceal /pattern/ conceal
Vim's conceal feature lets you visually hide text that matches a pattern, or replace it with a single character.
How do you always show the sign column in Vim?
set signcolumn=yes
Use set signcolumn=yes to always display the sign column (used by diagnostics, git markers).
How do you show relative line numbers in Vim?
set relativenumber
Use set relativenumber (or set rnu) to show line numbers relative to the cursor position.
How do you show line numbers in Vim?
set number
Use set number (or set nu) to display absolute line numbers in the left margin.
How do I show or hide line numbers in Vim?
:set number!
The :set number! command toggles line numbers on or off.