Hi,
 
>> In general, one wants NO-BREAK SPACE to be displayed just like a space.
>
> Why would I want a character that doesn't behave as a space to be displayed
> as a normal space? (For example, in the shell, as in the OP's original 
> question.)
> It seems a recipe for confusion at best, and for exploits at worst.
I do not understand if you are specifically asking for the relevance of the 
NO-BREAK SPACE or just in the case of the console.
In general the no-break space is used in a lot of languages where a Dutch word 
like 's morgens consist of 2 parts that should always stay together and not 
have the 's on the end of one line and the morgens on the next.
The no-brake space can also be used when writing about money and I would write 
$ 500 and I would not want the $ to be at the end of one line and the number to 
be at the next line.

If you are talking about console use, indeed I would not know why I would want 
/ need it there.

Bonno Bloksma

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