Reply to message «Re: Matching Multiple Columns in Vim», sent 06:12:36 16 January 2011, Sunday by Tim Chase:
> I believe the difference is notable when you have tabs in your > file...a tab character is a single byte (a real character), but > can be represented on the screen by multiple virtual characters > (depending on your 'ts' setting). Not only tabs, but also any multibyte character. For example, `«' is `\xC2\xAB' and so takes two columns, but only one virtual column.
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