From: Tim X <timx@nospam.dev.null>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: about showing all characters including non-printable, control etc
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:03:48 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y6nqogez.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.7984.1254634925.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
> Bernardo <bernardo.bacic@pobox.com> writes:
>
>>> Apparently something has to be loaded to use whitespace-global-mode.
>>> My emacs knows nothing about it.
>>>
>>> C-h i <RET> m <RET> i whitespace-global-mode <RET>
>>>
>>> Info doesn't know about it either.
>>>
>>> Finally:
>>> grep -r whitespace-global-mode /usr/share/emacs/23.1.50
>>> Shows the name has been aliased to:
>>> usr/share/emacs/23.1.50/etc/NEWS.22:*** `global-whitespace-mode'
>>> is a new alias for `whitespace-global-mode'.
>>>
>>> M-x load-library <RET> global-whitespace-mode
>>>
>>> Loads the source file... but still setting the check call fails here:
>>>
>>> M-x whitespace-toggle-s<tab> fails to find anything
>>>
>>> Maybe more names are changed?
>>> What version of emacs are you running.
>> does M-x apropos RET whitespace RET
>> list whitespace-mode?
>
> yes... (thanks) under global-whitespace-mode
> From what it says apparently if you have global-whitespace-mode on you
> should have a WS on mode line that toggles `visualization' on/off.
>
> I have that. `WS' with it on... what am I supposed to see?
>
> When I go to one of the messages with the tab in it... I still don't
> see them.
> No one ever said what this mode is supposed to do...
>
> I mentioned in my OP the vim command :l that shows tabs and lots of
> other stuff... in a line.
>
> Is there a command in emacs that does that?... or is it an endless
> bunch of jerking around to see tabs....sorry don't mean to be a wise
> ass. But this is getting to be a lot of jumping through hoops and no
> results.
>
> I think I'll just stick to my home made defuns... but can you tell me
> how to make this a toggle? And how to make it apply to just the
> current line. The toggle would be the most important... in fact
> showing the whole buffer would probably be more useful than not.
>
> (defun vi-list ()
> "Simulate a :set list in Vi."
> (interactive)
> (standard-display-ascii ?\t "^I")
> (standard-display-ascii ?\n "$\n")
> )
>
> (defun vi-nolist ()
> "Simulate a :set nolist in Vi."
> (interactive)
> (standard-display-ascii ?\t "\t")
> (standard-display-ascii ?\n "\n")
> )
>
> What would be really useful would be to set things up so that after
> pressing M-x vi-list The first scroll kind of motion would
> automatically call vi-nolist.
>
> That's pretty much how it works in vim.. I don't know the mechanics but
> if you press :l The current line is shown but soon as you move it
> goes off. nice.
>
>
For emacs 23
>
--
tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au
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2009-10-03 19:37 ` about showing all characters including non-printable, control etc John A Pershing Jr
2009-10-04 2:21 ` Harry Putnam
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2009-10-04 2:38 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2009-10-04 4:22 ` Harry Putnam
2009-10-04 4:02 ` Bernardo
2009-10-04 5:41 ` Harry Putnam
2009-10-04 22:39 ` Bernardo
2009-10-05 15:34 ` Harry Putnam
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2009-10-06 4:25 ` Xah Lee
2009-10-06 14:23 ` Harry Putnam
[not found] ` <mailman.7984.1254634925.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-10-05 0:03 ` Tim X [this message]
2009-10-05 15:36 ` Harry Putnam
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2009-10-06 6:43 ` Tim X
2009-10-06 14:19 ` Harry Putnam
2009-10-03 17:58 Harry Putnam
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