Two spaces erroneously translates to fullstop-space every time

Bug #1355700 reported by Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 πŸ¦„
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This bug affects 2 people
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ubuntu-keyboard (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
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Bug Description

space-space translates to fullstop-space, which is not wanted in many situations.
I have no keyboard helping options enabled in system settings -> language & text.

Open any app which has a text input including browser and the new clock reboot-> alarm screen.
Press space multiple times - perhaps to pad some text. Each "space-space" turns into "fullstop-space", which might be useful on the first occasion, but if you're putting in 10 spaces to pad some text, you get a load of full stops. See screenshots.

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Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 πŸ¦„ (popey) wrote :
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Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 πŸ¦„ (popey) wrote :
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Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 πŸ¦„ (popey) wrote :
summary: - Two spaces erroneously translates to fullstop-space
+ Two spaces erroneously translates to fullstop-space every time
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in ubuntu-keyboard (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Dave Morley (davmor2) wrote :

Most annoying if you have ended a question with a ? hit 2 spaces to start typing something else and a fullstop appears

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Bill Filler (bfiller) wrote :

There is an option in system-settings "Auto Punctuation" where you can disable this feature.

Changed in ubuntu-keyboard (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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