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plural nbsps · alternative NBSP

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of non-breaking space.

   Incidentally - I noticed myself that GL doesn't automatically put a nbsp in table cells.

   2003 June 6, "S Chapman", "Help me upgrade from PageMill !", in adobe.golive.windows, Usenet

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   I also changed OutputToString and OutputToStream to check for an empty document when requesting plain text, in which case they'll return an empty string or stream. This fixes the bug where we'd send back an nbsp in the string.

   1999 September 8, Simon Fraser, “fixes for empty doc testing and output”, in netscape.public.mozilla.editor (Usenet)

   You need the nbsp in order for the cell to show like a regular cell (otherwise you get that "raised" looking space -- if you know what I mean).

   2001 June 4, Fox, “Netscape: DIV within a table?”, in comp.lang.javascript (Usenet)

plural NBSPs

1. alternativeAlternative form of nbsp.

   (There was probably a bug before where an NBSP in Unicode text was treated as part of a word.)

   2007 June 12, bugzilla-daemon@mozilla.org, “superreview requested: [Bug 383542] Odd text selection behavior with new textframe”, in mozilla.dev.super-review (Usenet)

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   > I get the feeling that when you use the phrase "corporate criminals", > it's not actually a phrase, but a word that just happens to have a > NBSP in the middle.

   2003 January 26, Ed Dravecky III, “Nestle Boycott”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet)