On Sat, 3 Nov 2018 at 13:59, <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've tried a long time to find a way to make the tiny dots bigger or > change color, that show empty spaces between characters. > > Not sure if the size of empty space dots are controlled by the font > selected. > If so, there's little difference in dozens of Linux fonts, for size of > spaces indicators - even if bold is selected. Generally, I use some > mono bold font. > > No idea if "spaces dots" color can be specified in a Geany color scheme, > or if they're set to the same color as some other characters or...? > Often I can't see some empty space dots unless I move close to the > monitor. Those with perfect vision probably don't notice this. > > Periods are often not big enough or enough contrast for scanning or > editing code. > Some fonts (e.g., mono on bold) may make periods or single quote / > apostrophe a little bigger, but not much.
The whitespace "dots" are just that, not characters. See filetypes.common white_space setting, in particular setting the last value to true makes it use the background colour which you can then set to something garishly visible. Cheers Lex > > When I eliminate all fonts that don't put a slash or dot in zeroes, > there aren't many left to find one with larger empty spaces dots or > larger periods / commas, unless I choose a huge font size. > > What "symbols" in the symbol list font selection does Geany preferences > refer to? > Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
