Preview Control Charactors
The preview-control-characters Visual Studio Code extension lets you view the control characters of a text file using the control pictures block of unicode.
To run the extension. You need to have a file open.
Press F1 on Windows (cmd+P on Mac), type Preview Control Characters, press Enter
Setting additional options
- choose 'Preference -> UserSettings'
- Find: Preview Control Characters in Default Settings
- Copy and paste to settings.json
example:
//-------- Preview Control Characters Option Configuration --------
// add a new line character after a carrige return
"previewControlCharacters.newLineAfterCR": false,
// add a new line character after a line feed
"previewControlCharacters.newLineAfterLF": true,
// show preview window using monospaced fonts
"previewControlCharacters.monospaceFont": false,
// translate spaces to control character
"previewControlCharacters.translateSpace": true