Show shy hyphens and other invisible spaces

[netAction]

Binary package hint: gedit-plugins

Using Ubuntu 9.10

With activated plugin to show spaces I see dots for spaces. But I still do not see the shy hyphen.
In OpenOffice.org you can add one with Ctrl-- and see a gray box. That should be similar even without the plugin.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:
1. Is this reproducible?
2. If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug? Be as detailed as possible.
This will help us to find and resolve the problem.

[netAction (launchpad-netaction)]

Copy and paste "­T­­h­­i­­s­­ ­­t­­e­­x­­t" in gedit. It ist full of shy hyphens.
And this line, too:
xxxxxx­xxxxxxxxx­xxx­xxxxxxxxxxxxx­xxx­xxxxxxxxxxxxxx­xxx­xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­x­xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­xxxx­xxxxxx­xxxx­xxxxxxxx­xx­xxxxxxxxxxx­x­xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­x­xxxxxxx­xxxxxxxxxxx­xx­x­xxxxxxxxxx­­xxxxxxxxxxx­xx­xxxx­xxx­xxx

Then enable the plugin "Draw Spaces", if not already done.

You will not see the shy hyphens but the normal spaces. But the sense of the plugin is to show all the invisible spaces.
More than that, the shy hyphens should be visible even without the plugin as done by OOo.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for the report, it has been some time without any response or feedback in this bug report and we are wondering if this is still an issue for you with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal, May you please test with that version and comment back if you're still having or not the issue? Please have a look at http://www.ubuntu.com/download to know how to install that version.Thanks in advance.

[netAction (launchpad-netaction)]

Yes the bug is still an issue.

Tested with gedit 2.30.4 from Natty.