[Geany] How do I mark visible spaces too?

[Nick Treleaven]

On Thu, 8 May 2008 08:23:04 +0200
Joerg Desch <jd.vvd at web.de> wrote:

> I've enabled the visibility of spaces (these small dots). If I mark
> some line now (Shift+Cursor), the block isn't solid anymore. The
> background of the spaces does not change within the block mark.
> 
> Is there a way to change this? It is really confusing because I can't
> see, if the indentation of a line is marked too.

Do you mean you can't see the dots of the spaces and arrows of tabs
when there's a selection? If not could you provide a small screenshot?

If so, you can see them using translucency - see the manual:
http://geany.uvena.de/manual/0.14/index.html#special-file-filetypes-common

I use:
translucency=8;44;false;false

Regards,
Nick