Is it possible to display indentation guides in Vim?

Question

I\'m a longtime Vim user (3 or 4 years) who has recently started dealing with some deeply nested code. This code is indented with spaces, not tabs. I would like some clean

Answer 1

NOTE: This answer is a bit late to the party and also a shameless plug :)

Regardless, try my Indent-Guides.vim plugin. It was created to scratch my own itch regarding the lack of indent guides in vim. I got fed-up waiting for someone else to come along and build it, so I just did it myself.

Features:

• Can detect both tab and space indent styles.
• Automatically inspects your colorscheme and picks appropriate colors (gVim only).
• Will highlight indent levels with alternating colors.
• Full support for gVim and basic support for Terminal Vim.
• Seems to work on Windows gVim 7.3 (haven't done any extensive tests though).
• Customizable size for indent guides, eg. skinny guides (soft-tabs only).
• Customizable start indent level.

Here's a few screenshots of the plugin in action: put your mouse here and click.