Setting up a gutter-sized band for displaying the column number (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;blaenk&#x2F;dots&#x2F;blob&#x2F;d928a76d802159960d8b2768c660919924e99e44&#x2F;vim&#x2F;.vimrc#L289-L314" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;blaenk&#x2F;dots&#x2F;blob&#x2F;d928a76d802159960d8b2768...</a>) is a pretty neat idea.<p>I&#x27;m stealing that, except I&#x27;m using the gutter to show the buffer number.