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ShowWhiteSpace : Display WhiteSpace

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created by
Christian Brabandt
 
script type
ftplugin
 
description
This script is influenced by a question on stackoverflow on how to display space characters in a window. By default it uses the ยท character for a space.

Use the :ShowWhiteToggle command to toggle display of spaces in the current window. Alternatively you can use the normal mode mapping '\ws'
 
install details
simply source the file and the plugin will be installed automatically
:e show-whitespace-<nr>.vmb
:so %

And afterwards, have a look at the documentation: :h ShowWhitespace.txt

Alternatively, use the plugin manager of your choice.
 

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package script version date Vim version user release notes
show-whitespace-0.2.vmb 2 2015-04-21 7.4 Christian Brabandt - Make sure highlighting group exists (issue https://github.com/chrisbra/vim-show-whitespace/issues/1, reported by feroxium, thanks!)
- Link Conceal highlighting to Normal group
- Support Vim 7.4.711 (includes a native fix for whitespace highlighting using the 'listchars' option)
(automatically uploaded)
show-whitespace.vmb 0.1 2014-10-26 7.3 Christian Brabandt Initial upload
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