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Asked: 2026-06-11T22:52:27+00:00

I do this all the time: Edit a file, go back to the terminal

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I do this all the time:

Edit a file, go back to the terminal and execute the script I’m writing… only to realize that I haven’t written it to disk yet.

How do I make it so that vim is basically shouting at my eyes whenever the file is unwritten? That tiny [+] isn’t good enough. Ideally, I’d like to either increase the number of red plusses being shown, or something more drastic.

FOR INSTANCE, I’m using powerline (purely in an attempt to get a more noticeable ‘file has been modified’ notifier). I think it’d be pretty great if the main colour at the bottom of the bar changed whenever the file has not been saved.

Any ideas?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can set vim to display the file modified flag 5 times if you want.

    set statusline+=%m

    This adds it one time. Increase the number of “%m” to whatever number you want. Further explanations and tricks here: http://got-ravings.blogspot.co.at/2008/08/vim-pr0n-making-statuslines-that-own.html

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