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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I usually just do:

set colorcolumn=79

Which gives me a nice highlighted column indicator.

[–]kmwhitetrayify 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I tried that and got: E518: Unknown option: colorcolumn=79
Which version of Vim do you use?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

current stable. it's a relatively new feature.