Change Face of Tab Character?

Change Face of Tab Character?

[Tim Visher]

Hello Everyone,

I'd like to change the face of a tab character to have red background.
 Is this possible?

Thanks.

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RE: Change Face of Tab Character?

[Drew Adams]

> I'd like to change the face of a tab character to have red background.

http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ShowWhiteSpace

For example,
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/show-wspace.el
then customize face `show-ws-tab'.

Re: Change Face of Tab Character?

[Teemu Likonen]

On 2009-08-12 10:09 (-0400), Tim Visher wrote:
> I'd like to change the face of a tab character to have red background.

M-x customize-group RET whitespace RET

Then edit the "whitespace-tab" face so that its background is red. Turn
on the whitespace-mode:

    (let ((whitespace-style '(tabs)))
      (whitespace-mode 1))

Not sure if there is more elegant solution. I made this up pretty
quickly. :-)

Re: Change Face of Tab Character?

[Teemu Likonen]

On 2009-08-12 17:28 (+0300), Teemu Likonen wrote:
> M-x customize-group RET whitespace RET
>
> Then edit the "whitespace-tab" face so that its background is red. Turn
> on the whitespace-mode:
>
>     (let ((whitespace-style '(tabs)))
>       (whitespace-mode 1))
>
> Not sure if there is more elegant solution. I made this up pretty
> quickly. :-)

I think this is a bit better:

    (let ((whitespace-style '(tabs tab-mark)))
      (whitespace-mode 1))