Modify Sublime Text 2 whitespace representation?

Question

Is there a way to modify the whitespace representation characters so I can change it from dots and dashes to something else?

Because I currently have whitespace characters being drawn always, it looks like this. I don't need it turned off, just interested in changing how it's represented.

I like how TextMate shows invisible characters but I would be ok with just being able to change the spaces to show a blank space instead of a dot.

Answer 1

No, as far as I can tell there's no way to customize the display of whitespace characters - it's dots and dashes, or nothing.
You can suggest this feature at Sublime Text's UserEcho forum or, if you're feeling ambitious, make a plugin that mimics TextMate's behavior.

Answer 2

This was answered on Stack Overview (Answer)

To view whitespace the setting is:

// Set to "none" to turn off drawing white space, "selection" to draw only the // white space within the selection, and "all" to draw all white space "draw_white_space": "selection",

You can see it if you go into Preferences->Settings Default. If you edit your user settings (Preferences->Settings - User) and add the line as per below, you should get what you want:

{
    "color_scheme": "Packages/Color Scheme - Default/Slush & Poppies.tmTheme",
    "font_size": 10,
    "draw_white_space": "all"
}

Remember the settings are JSON so no trailing commas.