On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 10:06:08 -0800, Bob Snyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>Enrico Tröger wrote:
>> On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 07:44:49 -0800, Bob Snyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>   
>>> Enrico Tröger wrote:
>>>
>>>     
>>>>> There does not seem to be hot keys or toolbar buttons for view
>>>>> whitespace or view line endings. I seem to have to go into the
>>>>> preferences to toggle on/off. Is there a way? I really need to
>>>>> toggle these from the edit window toolbar or hot key combinations.
>>>>>     
>>>>>         
>>>> For a toolbar button we would need an icon. If you have any
>>>> suggestions, it could be easily added.
>>>>       
>>> Putting it on the toolbar may be a bit too much, since that is for
>>> more commonly used functions and many folks don't like a cluttered
>>>     
>>
>> Sure, if ever, it won't be visible by default.
>> But as long as there is no suitable icon, it's not worth talking
>> about it.
>>
>>
>>   
>>> toolbar. But having to go into to preferences to change it is too
>>> much work. I need to change it occasionally but not often enough to
>>> remember where it is buried in the preferences. (Preferences->Editor
>>> tab->Display tab->Show white space) How about making a 'Show white
>>> space' option available under the View menu?
>>>     
>>
>> Adding it to the View menu seems to me to be the same as adding
>> toolbar items, at least partly. At some point it also feels bloated.
>> But we could add a submenu to the View menu and put there editor
>> related view options, like:
>>
>> View->Editor->Show Whitespace
>> View->Editor->Show indentation guides
>> View->Editor->Show Line numbers
>> View->Editor->Show Markers Margin
>
>Sounds great to me! And since it only shows in the submenu, could you 
>also include:
>
>View->Editor->Show line endings

Done so in SVN.
There is now a submenu View->Editor->... which holds all five mentioned
settings. Additionally, I added the Line numbers and Markers margin
settings to the prefs dialog to keep the settings in sync.



Regards,
Enrico

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