Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> writes:

>>>>>> In <v9mz09qckf.fsf@marauder.physik.uni-ulm.de>
>>>>>>	Reiner Steib wrote:
>
>> ,----[ gnus-art.el -> gnus-article-mode ]
>>|   ;; Prevent Emacs 22 from displaying non-break space with `nobreak-space'
>>|   ;; face.
>>|   (set (make-local-variable 'nobreak-char-display) nil)
>> `----
>
> Is it still necessary to prevent it from being displayed?
> Before it was introduced, the non-break space seems to have been
> displayed as `\ '.  But now it looks like `_' by default.  I feel
> it looks better than a box.

IMHO, nbsp are of a great help when /writing/ text, but it's just
distracting when you are only /reading/ them. And just FYI, I use the
following for writing nbsp (and I stopped using
`fill-french-nobreak-p'):

   (defun self-insert-possibly-nbsp (&optional n)
     "Like `self-insert-command', but add a nbsp before if needed."
     (interactive "p")
     (when (and (stringp current-input-method)
                (string-match "french" current-input-method)
                (memq (char-before) '(?\s ?\t ?\n)))
       (delete-char -1)
       (insert "\240")) ;; Non-breakable space.
     (self-insert-command n))

   (global-set-key "?" 'self-insert-possibly-nbsp)
   (global-set-key "!" 'self-insert-possibly-nbsp)
   (global-set-key ":" 'self-insert-possibly-nbsp)
   (global-set-key ";" 'self-insert-possibly-nbsp)

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