From 6382d4f46b64a84136bdf73335035393bde99b9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alice Hernandez <hola@puercito.net>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 17:26:56 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=F0=9F=92=84=20Paragraph=20spacing?=
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---
 src/renderer/App.tsx                          |  6 +++
 .../components/Editor/MarkdownEditor.tsx      | 45 ++++++++++++++++++-
 src/renderer/store/borgesStore.ts             |  4 ++
 src/renderer/styles/app.css                   |  9 +++-
 4 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/renderer/App.tsx b/src/renderer/App.tsx
index e5ae077..403b5dc 100644
--- a/src/renderer/App.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/App.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export default function App(): JSX.Element {
     focusMode, toggleFocusMode,
     theme, toggleTheme,
     fontSize, setFontSize,
+    showInvisibles, toggleInvisibles,
     activeStoryId, isDirty, activeStoryPath, activeStoryContent, markSaved,
     stories, setStories,
     setMarkets,
@@ -159,6 +160,11 @@ export default function App(): JSX.Element {
             title="Revision history"
             disabled={!activeStoryId}
           >⟳</button>
+          <button
+            className={`app-titlebar-btn${showInvisibles ? ' active' : ''}`}
+            onClick={toggleInvisibles}
+            title="Show invisibles"
+          >¶</button>
           <button
             className={`app-titlebar-btn${focusMode ? ' active' : ''}`}
             onClick={toggleFocusMode}
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/Editor/MarkdownEditor.tsx b/src/renderer/components/Editor/MarkdownEditor.tsx
index 1a1eb54..4bc14d1 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/Editor/MarkdownEditor.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/Editor/MarkdownEditor.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
-import { EditorView, keymap, Decoration, type DecorationSet, ViewPlugin, type ViewUpdate } from '@codemirror/view'
+import { EditorView, keymap, Decoration, type DecorationSet, ViewPlugin, type ViewUpdate, WidgetType } from '@codemirror/view'
 import { EditorState, StateField, StateEffect, RangeSetBuilder, Compartment } from '@codemirror/state'
 import { markdown } from '@codemirror/lang-markdown'
 import { syntaxHighlighting, HighlightStyle } from '@codemirror/language'
@@ -48,6 +48,41 @@ const annPlugin = ViewPlugin.fromClass(class {
   }
 }, { decorations: v => v.decorations })
 
+class SpaceDot extends WidgetType {
+  toDOM(): HTMLElement {
+    const span = document.createElement('span')
+    span.className = 'cm-space-dot'
+    span.textContent = '·'
+    return span
+  }
+  ignoreEvent(): boolean { return false }
+}
+
+const showInvisiblesCompartment = new Compartment()
+
+function buildInvisiblesPlugin(enabled: boolean) {
+  if (!enabled) return []
+  return ViewPlugin.fromClass(class {
+    decorations: DecorationSet
+    constructor(view: EditorView) { this.decorations = this.build(view) }
+    update(update: ViewUpdate) {
+      if (update.docChanged || update.viewportChanged) this.decorations = this.build(update.view)
+    }
+    build(view: EditorView): DecorationSet {
+      const builder = new RangeSetBuilder<Decoration>()
+      for (const { from, to } of view.visibleRanges) {
+        const text = view.state.doc.sliceString(from, to)
+        for (let i = 0; i < text.length; i++) {
+          if (text[i] === ' ') {
+            builder.add(from + i, from + i + 1, Decoration.replace({ widget: new SpaceDot() }))
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      return builder.finish()
+    }
+  }, { decorations: v => v.decorations })
+}
+
 const themeCompartment = new Compartment()
 const fontSizeCompartment = new Compartment()
 
@@ -78,7 +113,7 @@ const markdownHighlight = HighlightStyle.define([
 
 export function MarkdownEditor(): JSX.Element {
   const { activeStoryPath, activeStoryContent, activeStoryId,
-    annotations, theme, fontSize, revisionPanelOpen, toggleRevisionPanel, revisions, setRevisions } = useBorgesStore()
+    annotations, theme, fontSize, showInvisibles, revisionPanelOpen, toggleRevisionPanel, revisions, setRevisions } = useBorgesStore()
   const editorRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
   const viewRef = useRef<EditorView | null>(null)
   const lastPathRef = useRef<string | null>(null)
@@ -102,6 +137,7 @@ export function MarkdownEditor(): JSX.Element {
           annPlugin,
           themeCompartment.of(buildTheme(fontSize, isDark)),
           fontSizeCompartment.of([]),
+          showInvisiblesCompartment.of(buildInvisiblesPlugin(false)),
           EditorView.lineWrapping,
           EditorView.updateListener.of((update) => {
             if (update.docChanged) {
@@ -161,6 +197,11 @@ export function MarkdownEditor(): JSX.Element {
     viewRef.current?.dispatch({ effects: themeCompartment.reconfigure(buildTheme(fontSize, theme === 'dark')) })
   }, [theme, fontSize])
 
+  // Update show invisibles
+  useEffect(() => {
+    viewRef.current?.dispatch({ effects: showInvisiblesCompartment.reconfigure(buildInvisiblesPlugin(showInvisibles)) })
+  }, [showInvisibles])
+
   if (!activeStoryId) {
     return <div className="no-story-placeholder">Select a story or create a new one</div>
   }
diff --git a/src/renderer/store/borgesStore.ts b/src/renderer/store/borgesStore.ts
index 3cece33..28947fd 100644
--- a/src/renderer/store/borgesStore.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/store/borgesStore.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ interface BorgesState {
   toggleTheme: () => void
   fontSize: number
   setFontSize: (size: number) => void
+  showInvisibles: boolean
+  toggleInvisibles: () => void
   initPrefs: () => Promise<void>
 
   // Session
@@ -230,6 +232,8 @@ export const useBorgesStore = create<BorgesState>((set, get) => ({
     window.api.writeConfig({ fontSize: clamped })
     set({ fontSize: clamped })
   },
+  showInvisibles: false,
+  toggleInvisibles: () => set((s) => ({ showInvisibles: !s.showInvisibles })),
   initPrefs: async () => {
     const cfg = await window.api.readConfig()
     const fontSize = Math.max(11, Math.min(24, cfg.fontSize ?? 15))
diff --git a/src/renderer/styles/app.css b/src/renderer/styles/app.css
index 99837e8..3211953 100644
--- a/src/renderer/styles/app.css
+++ b/src/renderer/styles/app.css
@@ -303,7 +303,8 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; }
 .cm-editor.cm-focused { outline: none; }
 .cm-scroller { font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.8; }
 .cm-content { max-width: 680px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 24px; }
-.cm-line { padding: 0; }
+.cm-line { padding: 0; margin-bottom: 0.75em; }
+.cm-line:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
 .cm-cursor { border-left-color: var(--accent) !important; }
 .cm-selectionBackground { background: rgba(200, 169, 110, 0.25) !important; }
 .cm-focused .cm-selectionBackground { background: rgba(200, 169, 110, 0.35) !important; }
@@ -318,6 +319,12 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; }
 }
 .ann-highlight:hover { background: rgba(200, 169, 110, 0.28); }
 
+.cm-space-dot {
+  color: var(--text3);
+  pointer-events: none;
+  user-select: none;
+}
+
 /* Dashboard */
 .dashboard {
   flex: 1;