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  <info>

    <link type="guide" xref="gedit-plugin-guide#gedit-additional-plugins"/>

    <revision version="3.8" date="2013-02-24" status="review"/>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>Jim Campbell</name>

      <email its:translate="no">jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <desc>Show white space between words or portions of code.</desc>

  </info>

  <title>Draw Spaces</title>

  
The <app>Draw Spaces</app> plugin is a simple plugin that can mark spaces,

  tabs, and other types of whitespace with a small, visible marker. By making

  whitespace visible, you can more easily see how whitespace is used in a

  document, and can apply spacing strategies more consistently.

  
To enable this plugin, select <guiseq><gui style="menu">gedit</gui>

  <gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui><gui>Plugins</gui> <gui>Draw

  Spaces</gui></guiseq>. After you have enabled the plugin, you can set its

  options by highlighting the plugin and selecting

  <gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui>.

  <list>

    <title>By default, the <app>Draw Spaces</app> plugin will mark the

    following types of whitespace in a file:</title>

    <item>
Spaces
</item>

    <item>
Tabs
</item>

    <item>
Leading spaces
</item>

    <item>
Spaces in text
</item>

    <item>
Trailing spaces
</item>

  </list>

  <list>

    <title>You can also set the plugin to mark:</title>

    <item>
New lines
</item>

    <item>
Non-breaking spaces
</item>

  </list>

  <note style="tip">

    
Though you will be able to see the dots when you work on a file, the

    dots will not be visible when you print a file to paper.

  </note>

</page>