vimrc with special formatting characters display

" nice colors
colors desert

" line numbering
set number

" mouse integration
set mouse=a

" assume shell script syntax uses bash
let g:is_bash=1

" 4-chars wide tab, no dirty fake space-based tab
set noexpandtab
set shiftwidth=4
set softtabstop=4
set tabstop=4

" display file name and directory name in terminal window title
set title

" display special white space characters
set list
set listchars=eol:⏎,tab:⇨\ ,space:·,nbsp:⎵,trail:•,extends:⇉,precedes:⇇
set showbreak=↪\ \ \

" set color for listchars
hi Return ctermfg=237
match Return /$/
:hi Specialkey ctermfg=237

" highlight cursor line and (disabled by default) cursor column
set cursorline
hi CursorLine cterm=NONE ctermbg=234
" set cursorcolumn
hi CursorColumn cterm=NONE ctermbg=234

" indents word-wrapped lines as much as the parent line
set breakindent

" split long lines
set wrap

" ensures word-wrap does not split words
set formatoptions=l
set lbr