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Using whitespace mode (vernon-grant.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Today, we’re taking a look at Emacs’s whitespace-mode and discussing how we can simplify its configuration to make it more applicable for most use cases.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I find whitespace-mode invaluable in finding trailing whitespace, use of literal tabs and the like I always have it on when looking at code. Good tips in the article but I wish it had screen shots / showed examples.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For trailing whitespace, isn't simply the variable show-trailing-whitespace enough?

I'm discovering about whitespace-mode and found this article which helped me to understand the package. Do you know if it allows to display TAB with a specific background colour?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Emfy setup recommends three settings for trailing whitespace:

(setq-default show-trailing-whitespace t)
(setq-default indicate-empty-lines t)
(setq-default indicate-buffer-boundaries 'left)

Screenshots showing the results: https://github.com/susam/emfy#show-stray-whitespace

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've never understood why so many people when discussing configuration and appearance changes don't include pictures of the results.