{"repo":"nhoizey/vscode-gremlins","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/nhoizey/vscode-gremlins","clone":"git clone https://github.com/nhoizey/vscode-gremlins.git","description":"Gremlins tracker for Visual Studio Code: reveals invisible whitespace and other annoying characters","language":"JavaScript","stars":224,"topics":["visual-studio-code","linter","ide","editor-plugin","visual-studio-code-extension","hacktoberfest"],"license":null,"category":"dev-tools","readme_excerpt":"Gremlins tracker for Visual Studio Code This Visual Studio Code extension reveals some characters that can be harmful because they are invisible or looking like legitimate ones. Features - When there is a zero-width space in the code, the extension shows a red bar - When there is a zero-width non-joiner in the code, the extension shows a red bar - A few characters that can be harmful have a light red or orange background - Non-breaking spaces - Left and right double quotation marks - Etc. - Some other characters are less harmful, but you might be interested in knowing they're here, so they're also shown, in blue - Move the cursor over the character to have a hint of the potential issue - A gremlin icon is shown in the gutter for every line that contains at least one of these characters You can also use the “Unicode code point of current character” extension to show information about the character under cursor in the status bar. Adding new gremlins characters You can configure the list of additional characters and how they are shown under user settings key gremlins.characters . As an example, the following snippet adds the \"U+000C\" FORM FEED character: Please help enhance the extension by suggesting new default characters, through Pull Requests or Issues. You can find all characters in Unicode Table. Language-specific gremlins characters You can override the characters for a specific language by configuring them in the gremlins.characters property of the language-specific sett","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/nhoizey","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/nhoizey/vscode-gremlins/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}