## Synopsis This is a plugin for [Sublime Text 2](http://www.sublimetext.com/2) and [3](http://www.sublimetext.com/3). **Highlight whitespaces in documents** This plugin will highlight each tab or more-than-one space in the document. ## Installation Go to your `Packages` subdirectory under ST2's data directory: * Windows: `%APPDATA%\Sublime Text 2` * OS X: `~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 2/Packages` * Linux: `~/.config/sublime-text-2` * Portable Installation: `Sublime Text 2/Data` Then clone this repository: ```git clone git://github.com/disq/HighlightWhitespaces.git``` That's it! Note for ST3 users: For Sublime Text 3, replace "2" with "3" in path names. (`%APPDATA%\Sublime Text 3` and so on) ## Options Several options are available to customize the plugin look 'n feel. The config keys goes into config files accessible throught the "Preferences" menu. ### Toggle highlight shortcut The default toggle highlight shortcut is ```ctrl+alt+w``` (```cmd+alt+w``` for OS X) ### Disable highlighting when Sublime Text starts up Change `highlight_whitespaces_enabled` from the default of `true` to `false`. ### Change the highlighting color One may also change the highlighting color, providing a scope name such as "invalid", "comment"... in "File Settings - User": ``` { "highlight_whitespaces_space_highlight_scope_name": "invalid", "highlight_whitespaces_tab_highlight_scope_name": "invalid", "highlight_whitespaces_eol_highlight_scope_name": "invalid" } ``` Actually, "invalid" is the default value. If you'd like to use a custom color, it should be defined as a color scope in your theme file. Feel free to ask me how to do it. ### Disabling highlighting for large files Highlighting may be disabled for large files. The default threshold is around 1M chars. This is configurable (in "File Settings - User"); unit is number of chars: ``` { "highlight_whitespaces_file_max_size": 1000} ``` ### Credits This is a modified version of the TrailingSpaces plugin by Jean-Denis Vauguet and Oktay Acikalin TrailingSpaces is at https://github.com/SublimeText/TrailingSpaces/