How do I unset a specific vim command?

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set listchars=tab:>-,trail:_

I tried to unset the above command this way:

unset listchars=tab:>-,trail:_

But only get:

E492: Not an editor command: unset listchars=tab:>-,trail:_

What's the right way to do this?

Chris Acheson · Answer 1 · 2011-07-18 16:14:24Z

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This will reset the listchars option to the default:

set listchars&

See the options documentation for more info.

answered Jul 18 '11 at 16:14

	will `unset listchars=` work? – gbri Jul 18 '11 at 16:20
	There's no `unset` command. For toggleable options, you can do `set nooption` (example: `set paste` and `set nopaste`), but listchars is not toggleable. If you actually want to set listchars to have no value, do: `set listchars=` – Chris Acheson Jul 18 '11 at 16:35
	so `set listchars&` is the same as `set listchars=`? – gbri Jul 19 '11 at 11:04
	`set listchars&` sets it to the default setting that it started with, which is `eol:$` – Chris Acheson Jul 19 '11 at 15:27

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