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      type="topic" style="task"
      id="gedit-plugins-draw-spaces">
  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="gedit-plugin-guide#gedit-additional-plugins"/>
    <revision version="3.4" date="2011-11-05" status="candidate"/>

    <credit type="author">
      <name>Jim Campbell</name>
      <email>jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>

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

  <title>Draw spaces</title>

  <p>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.</p>
   
  <p>To enable this plugin, select <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>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>Preferences</gui>.</p>
  
  <list>
  <title>By default, the <app>Draw Spaces</app> plugin will mark the following types of whitespace in a file:</title>
    <item><p>Spaces</p></item>
    <item><p>Tabs</p></item>
    <item><p>Leading spaces</p></item>
    <item><p>Spaces in text</p></item>
    <item><p>Trailing spaces</p></item>
  </list>
  
  <list>
    <title>You can also set the plugin to mark:</title>
    <item><p>New Lines</p></item>
    <item><p>Non-breaking spaces</p></item>
  </list>
   
  <note style="tip"><p>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.</p>
  </note>

</page>
