[webkit-dev] Should editable webkit accept option space to insert non-breaking space?

Tue Feb 20 05:36:27 PST 2007

Dan,

Please file a Bugzilla bug to track this issue.  Your comments below  
would make a good initial bug description.

Dave

On Feb 20, 2007, at 12:43 AM, Dan Wood wrote:

> Just to clarify my needs and expectations:
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>
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> When I type in the following, with _ representing option space:
>
> We use Blammo_2, the Quicker_Picker_Upper, for our tapestry needs  
> here in Nova_Scotia.
>
> I want to ensure that the space in those places is explicitly non- 
> breaking, meaning that they won't word-wrap.
>
> When typed into TextEdit, resizing the window does the expected --  
> those nonbreaking spaces never break.
>
> When typed into Blot (not TOT, but I don't think there's much  
> difference), this doesn't happen at all.  The HTML is:
>
> <HTML><HEAD><META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;  
> charset=UTF-8"></HEAD><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml- 
> nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">We use  
> Blammo 2, the Quicker Picker Upper, for our tapestry needs here in  
> Nova Scotia.</BODY></HTML>
>
>
> Note that there is *no* distinction between what I typed as option- 
> space and space.  They are all plain spaces.
>
>
> What I would expect, and hope, to get would be something like this  
> (ignoring the special styles):
>
> We use Blammo&nbsp;2, the Quicker&nbsp;Picker&nbsp;Upper, for our  
> tapestry needs here in Nova&nbsp;Scotia.
>
>
>
>
> Anything other than this just doesn't make any sense to me!  (IMHO)
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>
> Dan