But with either (setq whitespace-style '(face indentation::tab)) (setq whitespace-style '(face indentation::space)) and then `M-x whitespace-mode' just the lines with leading spaces were fontified. So this either doesn't seem to work at all, or I'm just doing it wrong. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no