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Emacs whitespace mode

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Jack Morrison <JackMorrison1 <at> gmail.com>, Kip Coul <kipcoul <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 18548 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18548: Emacs whitespace mode
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 04:43:33 +0200

Jack Morrison <JackMorrison1 <at> gmail.com> 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

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