Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:01:48 +0200 (CEST)
From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>
To: Josh Triplett <josh@kernel.org>
cc: Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com>, Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com>,
       Li Yang-r58472 <LeoLi@freescale.com>,
       Chris Shoemaker <c.shoemaker@cox.net>,
       Josh Triplett <josht@linux.vnet.ibm.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [OT] Vim highlighting for trailing spaces
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On Jun 29 2007 00:53, Josh Triplett wrote:
>>> I actually prefer this (in .vimrc):
>>>
>>> " Show trailing whitespace and spaces before tabs
>>> hi link localWhitespaceError Error
>>> au Syntax * syn match localWhitespaceError /\(\zs\%#\|\s\)\+$/ display
>>> au Syntax * syn match localWhitespaceError / \+\ze\t/ display
>> 
>> I prefer this:
>> 
>> find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep -Pn '[\t ]+$'
>> 
>> It is editor agnostic, and I do not have to look through all source files for
>> highlighted whitespace :-)
>
>And if you really want highlighting, you can always use grep --color. :)

Been there, done that, have GREP_COLOR env variable defined!


	Jan
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