> Historical nerd: traditionally wordprocessors have auto-inserted non-breaking spaces before colons, why should I care now ?
Because I don't want to switch locales in order to write short bits of text in another language. I don't even want to have to switch keyboard layouts -- just use compose sequences for diacritical marks and so on. And I don't use a French locale, but I do write French text sometimes.
I would imagine that in Europe this is a big deal. So many Europeans are multi-lingual... But you don't expect a Spaniard to switch to a French locale to write in French and vice-versa -- that's too disruptive.
Because I don't want to switch locales in order to write short bits of text in another language. I don't even want to have to switch keyboard layouts -- just use compose sequences for diacritical marks and so on. And I don't use a French locale, but I do write French text sometimes.
I would imagine that in Europe this is a big deal. So many Europeans are multi-lingual... But you don't expect a Spaniard to switch to a French locale to write in French and vice-versa -- that's too disruptive.