Chapter 2. Default Options WhiteSpace default options are available under: Utilities> Global Options> Plugin Options> WhiteSpace. "Spaces" options Show spaces by default Space color Show leading spaces by default Show inner spaces by default Show trailing spaces by default "Tabs" options Show tabs by default Tab color Show leading tabs by default Show inner tabs by default Show trailing tabs by default "Other whitespaces" options Show other whitespaces by default Display ISO control chars as whitespaces Other whitespace color "Fold guides" options Show fold guides by default Show fold tooltips by default Fold guide color "Paragraph separators" options Show paragraph separators by default Paragraph separators respect indentation Paragraph separator color "On save" options When chosen, these actions are performed when a buffer is saved: Remove trailing whitespaces All trailing tabs and spaces are removed, except those preceded by one of the given escape characters. The default escape character is \ (backslash). E.g. Some Text\ will be replaced by Some Text\ Tabify/untabify according to soft tabs setting The soft tabs setting determines whether leading whitespaces should be converted to tabs or spaces. Tabify leading whitespaces Leading whitespaces are replaced by a sequence of tabs possibly followed by at most tabSize - 1 spaces. The expanded length of leading whitespaces remains the same. Untabify leading whitespaces All tabs are removed from the leading whitespaces and replaced by an equivalent number of spaces. The expanded length of leading whitespaces remains the same. Chapter 3. Buffer Options The Buffer options are available from the Plugins> WhiteSpace menu. The following Buffer options enable you to control the highlighting of spaces, tabs and other whitespaces for a given jEdit buffer. It's also possible to highlight spaces and tabs depending on their position (leading/inner/trailing) in the text. Show spaces Show tabs Show other whitespaces Show paragraph separators Show fold guides Show fold tooltips Show leading spaces Show inner spaces Show trailing spaces Show leading tabs Show inner tabs Show trailing tabs The following Buffer options control the actions to be taken when a buffer is saved. Note that the last three actions are mutually exclusive. Remove trailing whitespaces Tabify/untabify according to soft tabs setting Tabify according whitespaces Untabify leading whitespaces