Re: dashes and non-breaking spaces

[Karl Eichwalder]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>> 2004-12-21  Richard M. Stallman  <address@hidden>
>>      * xdisp.c (get_next_display_element): Display codes 8a0 and 8ad
>>      specially as `\ ' and `\-'.
>
> I think this change is wrong.  I understand the need to see such differences
> at times, but not always.

Yes, it is useful to make these codes visible in edit modes; displaying
it in most viewing modes like « mail » and « news readers » is
annoying : Some Writers writers with a French background use
« no-breaking space » very often !

Using blue for the backslash is also arguable; a single slash in blue is
hard to distinguish from the surround text in black.  In the past I used
an IndianRed underscore for the no-breaking space.

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