I'd like to disable whitespace-mode while in insert mode, the following hooks work, but require refreshing all font colors with (font-lock-fontify-buffer), and even then- sometimes it fails to refresh properly to show trailing whitespace.

While this example uses evil-mode, similar logic applies to any other hook.

(defun i42/enter-insert-mode ()
  (whitespace-mode -1)
  (font-lock-fontify-buffer))
(defun i42/exit-insert-mode ()
  (whitespace-mode 1)
  (font-lock-fontify-buffer))
(add-hook 'evil-insert-state-entry-hook 'i42/enter-insert-mode)
(add-hook 'evil-insert-state-exit-hook  'i42/exit-insert-mode)

Is there a better way to toggle white space mode?

I'd like to disable whitespace-mode while in evil insert state. The following hooks work, but require refreshing all font colors with (font-lock-fontify-buffer), and even then- sometimes it fails to refresh properly to show trailing whitespace.

While this example uses evil-mode, similar logic applies to any other hook.

(defun i42/enter-insert-mode ()
  (whitespace-mode -1)
  (font-lock-fontify-buffer))
(defun i42/exit-insert-mode ()
  (whitespace-mode 1)
  (font-lock-fontify-buffer))
(add-hook 'evil-insert-state-entry-hook 'i42/enter-insert-mode)
(add-hook 'evil-insert-state-exit-hook  'i42/exit-insert-mode)

Is there a better way to toggle white space mode?

I'd like to disable whitespace-mode while in insert mode, the following hooks work, but require refreshing all font colors with (font-lock-fontify-buffer), and even then- sometimes it fails to refresh properly to show trailing whitespace.

(defun i42/enter-insert-mode ()
  (whitespace-mode -1)
  (font-lock-fontify-buffer))
(defun i42/exit-insert-mode ()
  (whitespace-mode 1)
  (font-lock-fontify-buffer))
(add-hook 'evil-insert-state-entry-hook 'i42/enter-insert-mode)
(add-hook 'evil-insert-state-exit-hook  'i42/exit-insert-mode)

Is there a better way to toggle white space mode?

I'd like to disable whitespace-mode while in insert mode, the following hooks work, but require refreshing all font colors with (font-lock-fontify-buffer), and even then- sometimes it fails to refresh properly to show trailing whitespace.

While this example uses evil-mode, similar logic applies to any other hook.

(defun i42/enter-insert-mode ()
  (whitespace-mode -1)
  (font-lock-fontify-buffer))
(defun i42/exit-insert-mode ()
  (whitespace-mode 1)
  (font-lock-fontify-buffer))
(add-hook 'evil-insert-state-entry-hook 'i42/enter-insert-mode)
(add-hook 'evil-insert-state-exit-hook  'i42/exit-insert-mode)

Is there a better way to toggle white space mode?