Variable: whitespace-big-indent-regexp

whitespace-big-indent-regexp is a customizable variable defined in whitespace.el.gz.

Value

"^\\(\\(?:	\\{4,\\}\\| \\{32,\\}\\)[	 ]*\\)"

Documentation

Specify big indentation regexp.

If you're using mule package, there may be other characters besides "\\t" that should be considered TAB.

NOTE: Enclose always by \\( and \\) the elements to highlight.
      Use exactly one pair of enclosing \\( and \\).

Used when whitespace-style includes big-indent.

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 25.1.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 25.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/whitespace.el.gz
(defcustom whitespace-big-indent-regexp
  "^\\(\\(?:\t\\{4,\\}\\| \\{32,\\}\\)[\t ]*\\)"
  "Specify big indentation regexp.

If you're using `mule' package, there may be other characters
besides \"\\t\" that should be considered TAB.

NOTE: Enclose always by \\\\( and \\\\) the elements to highlight.
      Use exactly one pair of enclosing \\\\( and \\\\).

Used when `whitespace-style' includes `big-indent'."
  :version "25.1"
  :type '(regexp :tag "Detect too much indentation at the beginning of a line")
  :group 'whitespace)