How can I display <TAB> as strings in vim

Question

I want to know if <tab>as | (bars) when coding in vim like this Is there any way to show them.

Please, any solution other than set listcharsand set listsince it affects eol and spaces.

Answer 1

:set list
:set lcs=tab:\|\  " the last character is space!

The parameter tabconsists of two characters: |and a space. The first character is used once. The second character is repeated to fill the space that the tab usually occupies. See :h lcs.

Example result:

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:set list listchars=tab:\|\-

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