snippets do not accept non breaking spaces

[Xopa]

calibre 5.18
windows 10

when ever I use a nonbreaking space in a snippet it seems to change it to a normal space
eg
snippet to replace nb4[ctl/j] should insert 4 [non-breaking spaces] pasts 4 ]normal spaces]

snippet to replace [nb-space][ctl/j] with [space] works

snippet to replace [space][ctl/j] with [nb space] replaces with [space]

currently I use replace [space][ctrl/j] with [&][n][b][s][p] & I press [;] to convert it to a [nb-space]

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

This is an issue with the snippet creation dialog, the fix will be in
the next release, but you will need to recreate the snippets.

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

Fixed in branch master. The fix will be in the next release. calibre is usually released every alternate Friday.

 status fixreleased