Comments on: Annoying non-breakable spaces in Bash/Zsh http://lostwebsite.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/annoying-non-breakable-spaces-in-bashzsh/ Annex to the Lost Website Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:56:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Steven Pigeon http://lostwebsite.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/annoying-non-breakable-spaces-in-bashzsh/#comment-6 Steven Pigeon Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:04:02 +0000 http://lostwebsite.wordpress.com/?p=99#comment-6 Non-breakable spaces created by AltGr+Space are only created when you use a terminal locale that uses the right alt/option key as AltGr, such as Canada (ca_enhanced) or something similar. Personnally, I use the US keyboard in shells (and Canada/ca_enhanced in other applications surch as mail, IM, etc.). I wonder if there's a way of configuring the shell (or the terminal) to display an alternate character for the non-breakable space, something like Non-breakable spaces created by AltGr+Space are only created when you use a terminal locale that uses the right alt/option key as AltGr, such as Canada (ca_enhanced) or something similar. Personnally, I use the US keyboard in shells (and Canada/ca_enhanced in other applications surch as mail, IM, etc.).

I wonder if there’s a way of configuring the shell (or the terminal) to display an alternate character for the non-breakable space, something like

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