On Sat, Apr 16, 2005 at 12:46:47AM +0200, Juerd wrote: : Larry Wall skribis 2005-04-15 15:38 (-0700): : > : Do \s and <?ws> match non-breaking whitespace, U+00A0? : > Yes. : : That makes \s+ and \s*, and thus <?ws> very useless for anything but : trimming whitespace. For splitting (including word wrapping), it'd do : exactly the wrong thing.
Maybe we just need a <bws> for breaking white space, or some such. <?ws> is primarily used in pattern matching with :w, where a non-breaking space in the input would presumably be matched by a non-breaking space in the pattern, or maybe an explicit <nbsp>. As long as patterns (with or without :w) treat non-breaking spaces as ordinary matching characters, it should work out, methinks. Though it's probably a hair more readable to use an explicit <nbsp>... Larry
