Bug 316480 - Don't use Alt+Space for hard space character
Summary: Don't use Alt+Space for hard space character
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: i18n
Classification: Translations
Component: pl (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kde i18n pl mailing-list
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Reported: 2013-03-10 17:35 UTC by Szczepan Hołyszewski
Modified: 2019-11-09 19:01 UTC (History)
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Description Szczepan Hołyszewski 2013-03-10 17:35:54 UTC 
Kate uses Alt+Space for hard space character. This is bad for national keyboard layouts that use the Alt key to for accents. I find myself inadvertently typing hard spaces all the time following words that end with accented characters.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use a national keyboard layout that utilizes Alt key to access accented characters
2. Type long text that contains words *ending* with national characters typed with Alt combos
Actual Results:  
Very often the space you type after such words will be a hard space because you hold down the Alt key a microsecond too long having just typed an accented character.

Expected Results:  
Keyboard shortcut for hard space should not be Alt+Space.
Comment 1 Dominik Haumann 2013-09-03 21:03:39 UTC 
Which KDE version are you using? For me, Alt+Space does not insert a nonbreaking space. So currently, I cannot reproduce.
Comment 2 Szczepan Hołyszewski 2013-09-03 21:20:35 UTC 
Dominik, did you follow *all* steps to reproduce the bug? In particular, did you install the Polish KDE localization and switch to Polish keyboard? It might well be that the offending key binding is only present when keyboard is set to Polish. Oh, and it is right-alt only.

I can still very much reproduce this in 4.11.00, Arch linux.
Comment 3 Dominik Haumann 2013-09-04 13:59:34 UTC 
In that case, reassign to i18n, maybe they know what to do with this ;)
Comment 4 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-10 03:14:26 UTC 
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? I am setting the status to NEEDSINFO pending your response, please change the Status back to REPORTED when you respond.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 5 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-20 04:09:37 UTC 
Dear Bug Submitter,

This is a reminder that this bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? This bug will be moved back to REPORTED Status for manual review later, which may take a while. If you are able to, please lend us a hand.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 6 Grzegorz Szymaszek 2019-11-09 19:01:28 UTC 
Actually that’s a convenient way to enter that character, I consider it a feature, not a bug. The AltGr+Space combination works that way even in Gnome/GTK apps.

Anyway, Kate/KTextEditor doesn’t (or shouldn’t) have control over it. From quick research it seems that the kbd[1] project is responsible for providing key maps.

[1]: http://kbd-project.org/