Re: textwrap.wrap() breaks non-breaking spaces

Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Date	2015-05-22 06:51 -0700
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Subject	Re: textwrap.wrap() breaks non-breaking spaces
From	wxjmfauth@gmail.com

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Textwrap will probably never work.
It is however possible to "sweat" on that subject.
It is probably not visible, but in my GUI interactive
interpreter, this works correctly (output stream).

Two variants: unicode litterals and glyphs.
Copy/paste from my interpreter window onto FireFox
window on Windows 7.

>>> print( (('a\t' + 'bbb ሴ\u00a0䕧\U00100061 ' * 20) + '\n')*2)
a	bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb 
ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb 
ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 
a	bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb 
ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb 
ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 

>>> print( (('a\t' + 'bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 ' * 20) + '\n')*2)
a	bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb 
ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb 
ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 
a	bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb 
ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb 
ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 bbb ሴ 䕧􀁡 

>>> sys.version
'3.2.5 (default, May 15 2013, 23:06:03) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)]'
>>>


jmf

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    Re: textwrap.wrap() breaks non-breaking spaces wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2015-05-22 06:51 -0700

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