https://github.com/joethei/obsidian-control-characters

Show control/non-printing characters in edit mode
https://github.com/joethei/obsidian-control-characters

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Show control/non-printing characters in edit mode

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/joethei/obsidian-control-characters
• Owner: joethei
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2022-03-27T09:42:20.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-02-16T15:13:54.000Z (11 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-13T07:17:41.017Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: obsidian-md, obsidian-plugin
• Language: TypeScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 72.3 KB
• Stars: 23
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 8
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# Control Characters

Plugin for [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md)

![Maintenance](https://shields.io:/maintenance/yes/2024)

![min app version](https://shields.io/github/manifest-json/minAppVersion/joethei/obsidian-control-characters?label=lowest%20supported%20app%20version)

[![libera manifesto](https://shields.io/badge/libera-manifesto-lightgrey.svg)](https://liberamanifesto.com)

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Show control characters in edit mode.

![Demo screenshot](https://i.joethei.space/Obsidian_136foBrkZM.png)

## Only show characters in selection

By default, the plugin will show all characters in a note.

But you can configure it to only show control characters when selecting text.

You can also overwrite this behaviour in the frontmatter with the `cc-selection` key.

## Overwriting settings for a note

You can also change the settings for a single note, by using the [Frontmatter](https://help.obsidian.md/Advanced+topics/YAML+front+matter).

So for example, the following note will only have the new line characters.

```yaml

---

cc: true

cc-tab: false

cc-newline: true

cc-space: false

---

Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisici elit.

```

## Customization

You can customize most of the styling with the [Style Settings](https://github.com/mgmeyers/obsidian-style-settings) plugin.

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This plugin is built for the new editor and does not work on the old _legacy_ editor.

If you really want to use the legacy editor you will have to use the [Show whitespace](https://github.com/deathau/cm-show-whitespace-obsidian) plugin.

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Thanks to [@nothingislost](https://github.com/nothingislost) for all the reference plugins.