How to correctly highlight cursor line in VIM?

Question

VIM can be configured to highlight current line via `:hi cursorline guibg=green` and `set cursorline` commands. But if I enable tabs display via: ``` :hi specialkey guifg=grey guibg=grey :set listchars="tab" :set list ``` Cursor line highlight will corrupt tabs display: alt text http://dl.dropbox.com/u/239055/vim_cursorline_bug.png Any hints how i can avoid corruption so may tabs are highlighted with one color and cursor line is highlighted with another color without any `^I` displayed at intersection?

Accepted Answer

Try setting `listchars` without the quotes:

```
:set listchars=tab:>-
```

This shows the tab as `>-------` instead of `^I`, which I think is what you were asking. When the cursor is on the line with the tab, the whole line is displayed in the `cursorline` colour.

It appears that the `cursorline` colour takes precedence over the `specialkey` colour, which is consistent with your screenshot.

How to correctly highlight cursor line in VIM?

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