Embedded code blocks and Firefox non-breaking spaces

[DavidM]

(11-26-2022 10:52 AM)Thomas Klemm Wrote:  

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font-family: Courier

SPACE: U+0020
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NO-BREAK SPACE: U+00A0
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NO-BREAK SPACE: U+00A0 (converted to UTF-8 in Notepad++)
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EN SPACE: U+2002
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EM SPACE: U+2003
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I added one item to your list above. It actually renders as a standard-width space when a mono-spaced font is used, so it can be used to keep indentation aligned (unlike the en- and em-space). Here's the same text, non-quoted:

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font-family: Courier

SPACE: U+0020
| |

NO-BREAK SPACE: U+00A0
| |

NO-BREAK SPACE: U+00A0 (converted to UTF-8 in Notepad++)
|          |

EN SPACE: U+2002
|          |

EM SPACE: U+2003
|          |

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I wonder if this issue would go away if we could somehow place the source code in an HTML <pre>...</pre> block. I don't believe MyBB supports that, though.