On 2015-08-19 12:55:39 -0500, David Wright wrote: > Quoting Vincent Lefevre (vinc...@vinc17.net): > > In general, one wants NO-BREAK SPACE to be displayed just like a space. > > Why would I want a character that doesn't behave as a space to be > displayed as a normal space? (For example, in the shell, as in the > OP's original question.) It seems a recipe for confusion at best, > and for exploits at worst.
When reading a text, such as an e-mail message, a HTML document, or a ReadMe file, one doesn't expect a difference. Otherwise this would be disturbing. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
