Sublime Text 2 like block highlighting in emacs

Question

Is there an emacs plugin which creates these nice vertical lines for the code blocks like in Sublime Text 2? (See attached screenshots for what I mean).

Answer 1

Please see highlight-indentation:

https://github.com/antonj/Highlight-Indentation-for-Emacs/

Unfortunately the current version is very simple and it draws character-wide columns instead of thin lines so it doesn't look very appealing. But at least it's a start.

I do not use it by default - if I'm lost then I do M-x highlight-indentation.

Answer 2

It's not quite the same thing, but you get a similar benefit from the features mentioned here:

http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/HighlightCurrentColumn

http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/VlineMode

Vline can use a thin line (or a face). Column-marker highlighting stays put (doesn't move with the cursor), and you can highlight any number of columns, but it uses a face, not a thin line.