&fillchars display issue

[justinmk]

https://github.com/tpope/vim-sensible/blob/master/plugin/sensible.vim#L52
let &fillchars = "vert:\u259a,fold:\u00b7"

\u259a appears as a question-mark box on the latest gvim on Windows 7. This causes the vertical window separator to appear as a column of question marks.

In MacVim, the character appears as a checkered box, which I assume is intentional. In both cases, the vertical separator now occupies more visual space, so that the text abuts the split. This screenshot compares the default separator vs sensible.vim:

I suppose I could get used to that, but there is some value in having visual separation between the text and the window separator.

[tpope]

I totally thought that line was doing something else when I copied and pasted. You're right it's kind of dumb. I've been trying it lately to see if I get used to it.