commit d706f40ae72ab84fc6cdbc8744c8fda0a102041b
parent e41dd019d91fb8a28da31fdeb94be61ed0e93aba
Author: Phil Runninger <prunninger@vhtcx.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 13:01:04 -0500
Update the documentation/README.
Diffstat:
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
@@ -143,3 +143,8 @@ Use these variables in your vimrc. Note that below are default arrow symbols
let g:NERDTreeDirArrowExpandable = '▸'
let g:NERDTreeDirArrowCollapsible = '▾'
```
+You can remove the arrows altogether by setting these variables to empty strings, as shown below. This will remove not only the arrows, but a single space following them, shifting the whole tree two character positions to the left.
+```vim
+let g:NERDTreeDirArrowExpandable = ''
+let g:NERDTreeDirArrowCollapsible = ''
+```
diff --git a/doc/NERDTree.txt b/doc/NERDTree.txt
@@ -1223,13 +1223,19 @@ Values: Any single character.
Defaults: Windows: ~ and + Others: ▾ and ▸
These characters indicate whether a directory is collapsible or expandable.
-
-They can be set to "\u00a0" to hide the arrows, but if you do this you may
-need to change the node delimiter. See |NERDTreeNodeDelimiter|. You cannot use
-the same character for both the arrows and the delimiter. Example: >
+Example: >
let NERDTreeDirArrowExpandable=">"
let NERDTreeDirArrowCollapsible="v"
<
+They can be set to "\u00a0" to replace the arrows with a non-breaking space.
+If you do this you may need to change the node delimiter. See
+|NERDTreeNodeDelimiter|. You cannot use the same character for both the arrows
+and the delimiter.
+
+Alternatively, they can be set to '' (an empty string). This removes the
+arrows and the single space that follows them, shifting the entire tree two
+character positions to the left.
+
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*NERDTreeNodeDelimiter*
Values: Any single character.
