Vim Error: E474: Invalid argument: listchars=tab:»·,trail:·

Question

Summary:

I am receiving the following error for having the below line in my .vimrc file

Error:

E474: Invali         


        

Answer 1

Not a real solution to your specific problem, but another (non-utf8-safe) way might be just to use ASCII chars, like this:

set listchars=tab:>-,trail:.,precedes:<,extends:>

If you have UTF-8 available, Justins solution is the better one of course.