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README

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+This plugin causes all trailing whitespace to be highlighted in red.
+
+To fix the whitespace errors, just call :FixWhitespace.  By default it
+operates on the entire file.  Pass a range (or use V to select some lines)
+to restrict the portion of the file that gets fixed.
+
+Based on http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Highlight_unwanted_spaces , and
+Thanks to http://github.com/graywh/dotfiles/blob/master/.vimrc#L452
+for improving the fix command.

doc/trailing-whitespace.txt

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+*trailing-whitespace.txt*      trailing-whitespace
+
+
+This plugin causes all trailing whitespace to be highlighted in red.
+
+
+                                                *FixWhitespace*
+
+To fix the whitespace errors, just call :FixWhitespace.  By default it
+operates on the entire file.  Pass a range (or use V to select some lines)
+to restrict the portion of the file that gets fixed.
+
+Based on http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Highlight_unwanted_spaces , and
+Thanks to http://github.com/graywh/dotfiles/blob/master/.vimrc#L452
+for improving the fix command.
+

plugin/trailing-whitespace.vim

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+" Highlight EOL whitespace, http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Highlight_unwanted_spaces
+highlight ExtraWhitespace ctermbg=darkred guibg=#382424
+autocmd ColorScheme * highlight ExtraWhitespace ctermbg=red guibg=red
+autocmd BufWinEnter * match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+$/
+" the above flashes annoyingly while typing, be calmer in insert mode
+autocmd InsertLeave * match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+$/
+autocmd InsertEnter * match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+\%#\@<!$/
+
+" Run :FixWhitespace to remove end of line white space.
+command! -range=% FixWhitespace silent! keepjumps <line1>,<line2>substitute/\s\+$//
+