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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?

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    Just out of curiosity, why don't you want it on in insert state?
    – Dan ♦
    Commented Dec 7, 2016 at 17:30
  • Does redraw-display or redisplay fix this issue? These functions should redraw the display and possibly fix your problem.
    – user12563
    Commented Dec 7, 2016 at 17:38
  • If you manually disable whitespace-mode without using evil, does the screen refresh properly without any extra steps?
    – lawlist
    Commented Dec 7, 2016 at 18:59
  • @Dan, because I have a bright color set for trailing space which is distracting when entering text. Checked redraw-display, redraw & manually toggling whitespace-mode - none of them properly refresh the background color of trailing space, found a workaround, temporarily change the theme color - will post as a possible answer.
    – ideasman42
    Commented Dec 7, 2016 at 20:26

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One workaround I'd found is to temporarily change the face background color.

;; Don't show trailing space in insert mode.
(defvar i42/whitespace-trailing-bg (face-attribute 'whitespace-trailing :background))
(defun i42/enter-insert-mode ()
  (set-face-attribute 'whitespace-trailing nil :background nil :foreground nil))
(defun i42/exit-insert-mode ()
  (set-face-attribute 'whitespace-trailing nil :background i42/whitespace-trailing-bg :foreground nil))

(add-hook 'evil-insert-state-entry-hook 'i42/enter-insert-mode)
(add-hook 'evil-insert-state-exit-hook  'i42/exit-insert-mode)
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