I'm a long-time web developer and BBEdit user wanting to learn TextMate for a Ruby on Rails project. I've grown used to relying on BBEdit's show invisibles command as meaning "show me tabs, spaces, line-endings, and other non-printing characters (gremlins)" as symbols. I was expecting the same behavior out of TextMate as BBEdit or SubEthaEdit, but it doesn't seem to work the same.
I've searched the TextMate documentation and the mailing list archive for any mention of "showing spaces", (i.e. the ability to show spaces, a la BBEdit's "Show Invisibles" command) but I've been unable to find any results that address my problem.
However, TextMate seems to show tabs and line endings but not any more of the non-printing characters that BBEdit shows. I was able to find the ShowInvisibles Bundle for TexMate that aims to highlight tabs and spaces in different colors but it doesn't appear to work with my setup and/or preferences.
ShowInvisibles Bundle (11-27-04) http://macromates.com/wiki/pmwiki?n=Bundles.ShowInvisibles
Has anyone had any success in configuring TextMate to "Show Invisibles" or "Show Spaces" like BBEdit or SubEthaEdit allow? If there's a a build of TextMate that already does is, I can't find it and in that case would appreciate a hint or help getting it working. Thanks!
- Ryan J. Bonnell ryan@creativearc.com http://creativearc.com/
On 28/3/2006, at 7:35, Ryan J. Bonnell wrote:
[...] TextMate seems to show tabs and line endings but not any more of the non-printing characters that BBEdit shows
It does show unprintable characters, but not spaces. I found that to look too busy and the spaces should be indicated by where there are no other “invisibles” shown (I know there are requests for configuration here).
I was able to find the ShowInvisibles Bundle for TexMate that aims to highlight tabs and spaces in different colors but it doesn't appear to work with my setup and/or preferences.
It was created prior to the theme system. What it does is give a certain scope to spaces (and other characters), but for that to show, you would need to add a theme rule for it.
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