[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Revert "doc/faq: replace non-breaking spaces (0xA0) with normal space"

Thilo Borgmann thilo.borgmann at mail.de
Sun Jan 7 15:16:23 EET 2024


Am 07.01.24 um 13:12 schrieb Stefano Sabatini:
> On date Saturday 2024-01-06 15:49:56 -0600, Marth64 wrote:
>> This reverts commit 6442d1ddd62160e96c686c30648b6111e3e0c264.
>>
>> A valid point was made, that the non-breaking space will cause this text
>> to render better by ensuring the unit never seperates from the number.
> 
> I'm not convinced the non-breaking space was a good idea in the first
> place, the fact that there is a single instance in the whole
> documentation confirms this.
> 
> In fact even if the unit and value are not on the same line we don't
> miss much in terms of readability.
> 
> On the other hand it is very hard to edit such non-printable
> characters, and you can bet what as much as you can that most
> contributors will not get it right or consistent.

I think we could use @tie{} instead of an invisible 0xA0 wherever we want non-breaking spaces.
Even if we seem not to care much about these in the docs.

-Thilo


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