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

[Stefano Sabatini]

On date Sunday 2024-01-07 14:16:23 +0100, ffmpeg-devel Mailing List wrote:
> 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 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.

+1, this would be better than 0xA0.

> Even if we seem not to care much about these in the docs.