What if nbsp is accessible using AltGr+Space or AltGt+Shift+Space ?
2014-05-07 14:00 GMT+02:00 Emmanuel Castro <emmanuel.cas...@laposte.net>: > 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. > > > 2014-05-07 11:41 GMT+02:00 Nicolas-mailhot-laposte < > 1013...@bugs.launchpad.net>: > > (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. >> >> -- >> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug >> report. >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1013881 >> >> Title: >> Right-Ctrl key broken on French OSS keyboard >> >> To manage notifications about this bug go to: >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/xkeyboard-config/+bug/1013881/+subscriptions >> > > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xkeyboard-config in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1013881 Title: Right-Ctrl key broken on French OSS keyboard To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xkeyboard-config/+bug/1013881/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
