From d706f40ae72ab84fc6cdbc8744c8fda0a102041b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Phil Runninger <prunninger@vhtcx.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 13:01:04 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update the documentation/README.

---
 README.markdown  |  5 +++++
 doc/NERDTree.txt | 14 ++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index e763242..cd03b51 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -143,3 +143,8 @@ Use these variables in your vimrc. Note that below are default arrow symbols
 let g:NERDTreeDirArrowExpandable = '▸'
 let g:NERDTreeDirArrowCollapsible = '▾'
 ```
+You can remove the arrows altogether by setting these variables to empty strings, as shown below. This will remove not only the arrows, but a single space following them, shifting the whole tree two character positions to the left.
+```vim
+let g:NERDTreeDirArrowExpandable = ''
+let g:NERDTreeDirArrowCollapsible = ''
+```
diff --git a/doc/NERDTree.txt b/doc/NERDTree.txt
index e2dd56a..47d65cc 100644
--- a/doc/NERDTree.txt
+++ b/doc/NERDTree.txt
@@ -1223,13 +1223,19 @@ Values: Any single character.
 Defaults:   Windows: ~ and +    Others: ▾ and ▸
 
 These characters indicate whether a directory is collapsible or expandable.
-
-They can be set to "\u00a0" to hide the arrows, but if you do this you may
-need to change the node delimiter. See |NERDTreeNodeDelimiter|. You cannot use
-the same character for both the arrows and the delimiter. Example: >
+Example: >
     let NERDTreeDirArrowExpandable=">"
     let NERDTreeDirArrowCollapsible="v"
 <
+They can be set to "\u00a0" to replace the arrows with a non-breaking space.
+If you do this you may need to change the node delimiter. See
+|NERDTreeNodeDelimiter|. You cannot use the same character for both the arrows
+and the delimiter.
+
+Alternatively, they can be set to '' (an empty string). This removes the
+arrows and the single space that follows them, shifting the entire tree two
+character positions to the left.
+
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                          *NERDTreeNodeDelimiter*
 Values: Any single character.