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Bug 207509 - Want to see white spaces only, not carriage returns
Summary: Want to see white spaces only, not carriage returns
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: editor
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Painting & Printing (show other bugs)
Version: 7.1
Hardware: PC Linux
: P3 normal with 11 votes (vote)
Assignee: Miloslav Metelka
URL:
Keywords: PLAN
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2012-01-19 11:27 UTC by Geertjan Wielenga
Modified: 2016-07-07 07:26 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description Geertjan Wielenga 2012-01-19 11:27:14 UTC
It's great to see non-printable characters but it would be better if, like in IntelliJ IDEA, we could only see the white spaces, and not the carriage returns. Maybe a more finegrained piece of functionality, where the user can select exactly which non-printable characters they want to see.
Comment 1 Eduardo.m Costa 2012-01-19 13:05:52 UTC
IMHO, it should be an extra section in Editor Preferences, maybe below "When Saving Files". I'm thinking multiple checkboxes, selecting what kind of "non-whitespace" I want to see then "View > Show non-Printable" is selected: Whitespace, Tabs, CR, CRLF*, others.

* When dealing with teams composed by a mix of Linux/Windows users, it's important to know if they created the file with CR or CRLF. In VIM, I can see a "^M".
Comment 2 Martin Balin 2016-07-07 07:26:48 UTC
This old bug may not be relevant anymore. If you can still reproduce it in 8.2 development builds please reopen this issue.

Thanks for your cooperation,
NetBeans IDE 8.2 Release Boss