Google search brought up show whitespace-mode. Haven't tried it myself.
Hemal Pandya
2009-02-20 09:42:13
+3
A:
eh.. I explicitly says a _character_ instead of whitespace. I knew about having colors and fancy things, so -1. But thanks anyway :)
elmarco
2009-02-20 10:21:36
I was only trying to help, didn't know I was giving a test. -1 for you too not trying hard to find an answer before asking.
Hemal Pandya
2009-02-20 11:03:38
ok fair enough, it seems you were right! :) (according to the answer I validated) +1 back. I know whitespace mode, and I know google too. Thanks...
elmarco
2009-02-20 14:20:56
+2
A:
Use "M-:" (M-x eval-expression) and enter the following expression:
(let ((d (make-display-table))) (aset d 9 (vector ?> ?>)) (set-window-display-table nil d))
To get back to normal enter:
(set-window-display-table nil nil)
kmkaplan
2009-02-20 09:42:34
+6
A:
EDIT: Just realized that blank-mode is superseded by whitespace. Load this and customize whitespace-style to at least contain tabs and tabs-mark. I currently have:
(setq whitespace-style '(trailing tabs newline tab-mark newline-mark))
There is also blank-mode which allows you to achive what you want and it gives you some nice functions to cleanup the whitespace to your likings: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/BlankMode
Cheers, Daniel
danielpoe
2009-02-20 10:11:02
right, it seems I just need to customize it slightly. Thanks, I forgot about it :)
elmarco
2009-02-20 10:34:32