How do I configure vim to show a character when a line is too long to be displayed?

Question

I want to be notified when a line is too long to fit in the window.

Right now I have this in ~/.vimrc:

set wrap
let &showbreak = '        +++ '

I'd like to change that to:

set nowrap
let &somesetting = ' > '

Such that somesetting tells vim to put a > on the right margin of any line is too long to be fully displayed.

I coulda sworn vim could do this but I can't find the setting.

Answer 1

You should the this

:set listchars+=precedes:<,extends:>

Ref:

• :h wrap
• :h 'listchars'