Variable: whitespace-big-indent-regexp

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

Value

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

Documentation

Regexp to match big indentation at BOL that should be visualized.

The indentation characters are highlighted using the whitespace-big-indent face. If you're using non-Latin languages, there may be other characters besides "\\t" that should be considered a TAB.

NOTE: Always enclose the elements to highlight in \\(...\\).
      Use exactly one pair of enclosing \\( and \\).

This variable is used when whitespace-style includes big-indent.

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

View in manual

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 ]*\\)"
  "Regexp to match big indentation at BOL that should be visualized.

The indentation characters are highlighted using the `whitespace-big-indent'
face.
If you're using non-Latin languages, there may be other characters
besides \"\\t\" that should be considered a TAB.

NOTE: Always enclose the elements to highlight in \\\\(...\\\\).
      Use exactly one pair of enclosing \\\\( and \\\\).

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