Comment 132 for bug 1013881

What if nbsp is accessible using AltGr+Space or AltGt+Shift+Space ?

2014-05-07 14:00 GMT+02:00 Emmanuel Castro <email address hidden>:

> However, for most French people, standard Right-Ctrl key is more
> important than Nbsp.
> Especially for left-handed people who use left hand for the mouse and most
> letters, and right hand for Shift, Ctrl and AltGr. A notable exception is
> Alt which only exists on the left.
>
> Anyway, it's written Ctrl on the Right-Ctrl, so it MUST behave as a Ctrl.
>
> Put nbsp where you want, but give us back the Right-Ctrl.
>
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> 2014-05-07 11:41 GMT+02:00 Nicolas-mailhot-laposte <
> <email address hidden>>:
>
> (In reply to comment #75)
>> > Nicolas,
>> >
>> > Where does the need to *have* a key for nbsp come from?
>>
>> Because unlike in English most French punctuation symbols require a
>> space (sometimes a short space) before. And if it's not a non-breakable
>> space apps will perform line breaks at the wrong position and you'll end
>> up with orphan sumbols at line starts
>>
>> Online
>> http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espace_ins%C3%A9cable
>>
>> Actual authoritative reverence (highly recommended if you want to work on
>> any system with French inputs or outputs)
>>
>> http://www.amazon.fr/Lexique-r%C3%A8gles-typographiques-lImprimerie-Nationale/dp/2743304820
>>
>> Lack of non breakspace on French layouts on some OSes is such a basic
>> problem OpenOffice/LibreOffice had to hardcode a nbspc combo but that
>> does not help when writing in you MUA, your browser, your IM client, etc
>>
>> > Isn't a compose
>> > combo more appropriate and less error-prone?
>>
>> Compose is not appropriate for basic symbols you need to write pretty
>> much any correct sentence in the target language. And adding a specific
>> input method for one symbol just because some people can't live with the
>> modifier ISO chose for level 5 is disproportionnate.
>>
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