I am looking for a way to change the appearance of the whitespace grey dot to something bigger and darker (without changing the background color) -- similar to UltraEdit (see screenshot).
I've read all the popular threads on the issue, and I've tried all the popular modifications (e.g., plugins, and/or changing the language and theme files), but I haven't found a way to darken the grey dot or make it any bigger.
I've already experimented with everything mentioned in this related thread, including the links set forth therein: Sublime Text 2: how to change white space characters color?
screenshot http://www.lawlist.com/images/dot_comparrison.png
.tmTheme
<!-- BEGIN whitespace / tab definitions -->
<dict>
<key>scope</key>
<string>lawlist.tab</string>
<key>settings</key>
<dict>
<key>fontStyle</key>
<string></string>
<key>foreground</key>
<string>#FF0000</string>
<key>background</key>
<string>#FFFFFF</string>
</dict>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>scope</key>
<string>lawlist.space</string>
<key>settings</key>
<dict>
<key>fontStyle</key>
<string></string>
<key>foreground</key>
<string>#000000</string>
<key>background</key>
<string>#FFFFFF</string>
</dict>
</dict>
<!-- END whitespace / tab definitions -->
.tmLanguage
<!-- BEGIN whitespace / tab definitions -->
<dict>
<key>match</key>
<string>\t+</string>
<key>name</key>
<string>lawlist.tab</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>match</key>
<string> +</string>
<key>name</key>
<string>lawlist.space</string>
</dict>
<!-- END -->
Someone bumped a post on the ST forum about coloring white space and I thought of this post. You may see it too, but just in case, I'll post here. Basically they modified the tmLanguage file to give a new scope to leading whitespace. They then applied a color to that.
https://github.com/ckovey/sublime-whitespace-coloring
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