Change 'lastline' display character (@@@)

Question

You can set display to lastline to see "@@@" at the end of the last line when it doesn't fit the screen. I'd prefer to use a different character for that purpose, such as ... or ---.

Is there a way to change the character used?

Answer 1

Since Vim 9.0.0656 (Oct 2022) you can use lastline in the fillchars setting; for example to change it to ·:

:set fillchars=lastline:·

Answer 2

vim handle spaces tab and return lien by:

set list
set listchars=space:-
set listchars+=tab:>-
set listchars+=eol:¶

to pick the last line and add @ or ¶ at the end you can use echo getpos(".")[1] to get this line number then use autocmd to test if this line equal the last line number (nu for count all line number)

function TestIfLastLine()
  if echo getpos(".")[1] ==nu 
  then
    set listchars=eol:¶
  else
     set listchars=eol:\ " I'm use space here
  endif
endfunction