Bug 44708

Description Eric Estievenart 2003-10-11 22:01:00 EDT

Hello there, it would be great if there was an editor option
which would enable the developpers to see the tabs and spaces
in the editors.

This is because sometimes both get mixed in a source, thus
annoying a lot of people, and sometimes leading in a
massive automatic reformat of a file and then huge merge conflicts.

If we had the possibility to see the spaces,
people would
- immediately see that they are doing wrong, and avoid submitting
- be able to perform localized cleanings instead of reformating a
  whole file.

It could be a very complex option set like :

Show tabs   []at beginning []in the middle []at end  of lines
Show spaces []at beginning []in the middle []at end  of lines
(Which would probably make the editor a bit less efficient)

Or a very simple set which I think would make 99.99% of people
happy, including me :
[] Make spaces visible
[] Make tabs visible
(and would not impact on the efficiency of the editor)

Cheers
--Steve