Showing trailing spaces in vim

Question

I\'ve set the following options in .vimrc

set listchars=tab:▸\\ ,trail:·
set list

And expected to see dots in those places where spaces are use

Answer 1

The vim-better-whitespace plugin incorporates many tips from the Vim Wiki page referenced in @icecrime's answer. It also has some nifty configuration options.

I installed pathogen.vim just to use this plugin and am happy with my life, all things considered.