RE: How come i wrote a NO-BREAK SPACE in xterm+bash ?

[Bonno Bloksma <b.bloksma@tio.nl>]

Hi,
 
>> In general, one wants NO-BREAK SPACE to be displayed just like a space.
>
> Why would I want a character that doesn't behave as a space to be displayed
> as a normal space? (For example, in the shell, as in the OP's original question.)
> It seems a recipe for confusion at best, and for exploits at worst.

I do not understand if you are specifically asking for the relevance of the NO-BREAK SPACE or just in the case of the console.
In general the no-break space is used in a lot of languages where a Dutch word like 's morgens consist of 2 parts that should always stay together and not have the 's on the end of one line and the morgens on the next.
The no-brake space can also be used when writing about money and I would write $ 500 and I would not want the $ to be at the end of one line and the number to be at the next line.

If you are talking about console use, indeed I would not know why I would want / need it there.

Bonno Bloksma