Subject: Re: bug#18548: Emacs whitespace mode

From: Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 04:43:33 +0200

Jack Morrison <[email-masked]> writes:

> Hi Kip,
>
> I think the feature you're looking for can be accomplished quickly by customizing the `whitespace-display-mappings` customization option in whitespace.el.
>
> If your tab size is fixed at 4, you can just go ahead and customize it with `M-x customize-variable whitespace-display-mappings` and change the TAB character mapping vector to be "---->" or your preferred output. If your tab size is variable, then
> perhaps you could add a hook to modify the "tab-mark" vector list when loading a new file.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Cheers,
> Jack

Hi Kip,

It seems like the capabilities you were asking for are already there.
Did the above resolve the issue for you?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas