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That's one of my favorite features of macOS keyboard layouts, but it's so close to one of my least favorite ones – option + space inserting a non-breaking space
by lxgr 2y ago
That's one of my favorite features of macOS keyboard layouts, but it's so close to one of my least favorite ones – option + space inserting a non-breaking space.
I almost never want that, and when typing "space, en dash, space", it happens quite easily and is usually impossible to tell visually.
- akho 2y agoYou always want a non-breaking space before a dash.
- lxgr 2y agoHow so? Wouldn't this prevent line breaks around dashes bracketing parenthetical statements? That's the opposite of what I want!
- akho 2y agoLine starting with a dash can be mistaken for dialogue or dashed list, which is not what you want. In any case: non-breaking space (or otherwise suppressed linebreak, if you don’t use a space) is the rule.