bug#18548: Emacs whitespace mode

[Stefan Kangas]

Jack Morrison <JackMorrison1@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Kip,
>
> I think the feature you're looking for can be accomplished quickly by 
> customizing the `whitespace-display-mappings` customization option in 
> whitespace.el.
>
> If your tab size is fixed at 4, you can just go ahead and customize it with 
> `M-x customize-variable whitespace-display-mappings` and change the TAB 
> character mapping vector to be "---->" or your preferred output. If your tab 
> size is variable, then
> perhaps you could add a hook to modify the "tab-mark" vector list when 
> loading a new file.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Cheers,
> Jack

Hi Kip,

It seems like the capabilities you were asking for are already there.
Did the above resolve the issue for you?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas