> Out of the box, VIM has no easy way to colorize tabs. This is slightly simplified from my .vimrc: highlight ExtraWhitespace ctermbg=darkred match Ex

> Out of the box, VIM has no easy way to colorize tabs. This is slightly simplified from my .vimrc: highlight ExtraWhitespace ctermbg=darkred match ExtraWhitespace /\t/ It will highlight any tab in dark red. (My actual .vimrc uses /\t\| \+$/ to also highlight extra spaces at the ends of lines.) I hate (and am confused by) pretty much everything about vimscript, but this particular snippet is actually surprisingly clear.