delete U+200B zero-width space characters using sublime text 3

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thealbinosmurf picture thealbinosmurf · Dec 3, 2013 · Viewed 9.2k times · Source

How can I make U+200B character or delete them in using sublime text 3. I found http://pastebin.com/ehWxNfMe but I am not sure how to use it

Answer

Tuure picture Tuure · Dec 19, 2015

The easiest way to delete zero width spaces in Sublime Text is using the search and replace functionality:

  • Press Ctrl + h ( Alt + Cmd + f for Mac )
  • Enable the Regular expression flag by clicking the leftmost button on the search panel or pressing Alt + r ( Alt + Cmd + r for Mac )
  • Enter \x{200b} as the search term
  • Make sure the "Replace with" field is empty and hit "Replace All"

Plugins for solving this problem for good!

I searched for a plugin that would highlight all the possibly code breaking characters but couldn't find one for Sublime Text so I wrote one: https://github.com/TuureKaunisto/highlight-dodgy-chars

The plugin works on a whitelist principle: all non-ascii characters that are not whitelisted in the settings get highlighted.

If you want to highlight things based on your own regular expression, this plugin will do the trick: https://github.com/bluegray/Highlighter and is also easily installable via Package Manager.

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