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Is it possible to have the text in a (g)Vim window in the middle? This is the default: default And this is what I would like to achieve (mockup created with gimp): solution

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You could have empty windows on the left and right of the one you're editing:

:leftabove vnew
:wincmd l
:vnew
:wincmd h

To hide the dividers and tildes use the :highlight command and the VertSplit/NonText highlight groups. Note that hiding NonText also hides list characters, see :help 'list'.

So to hide dividers and the tildes in gvim you could do the following:

:highlight VertSplit guifg=bg guibg=bg
:highlight NonText   guifg=bg
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That could work. I suppose its not possible to hide the dividers? – Psirus Jan 17 at 9:30
@Psirus: added some highlight commands that hide the dividers and the tildes. – Thor Jan 17 at 10:10
Awesome, thank you! BTW, small typo in last line (guifb vs guifg). – Psirus Jan 17 at 10:13
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There are plugins that create empty padding windows and turn off all the decorations; usually, they provide a command to toggle this view on/off:

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That sounds like the way to go. I'll investigate these later today. – Psirus Jan 17 at 10:32
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:set foldcolumn=3          # replace with left border width you want
:set foldmethod=manual

// from here

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