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I have seen editing help, but I couldn't find how to add a space to the code snippet.

For example, this : 

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Should look like this (1 space in the last line) :
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_2
_3
_

So, how do I add a line with only spaces in the code?

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You can do that using the HTML tags <pre><code> instead of indentation by 4 spaces:

<pre><code>1
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&nbsp;</code></pre>

will give

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Since you're using this for formatting output, you probably don't want syntax highlighting anyway; then you should omit the <code> and </code> tags. (Kinda obvious: don't use 'em if it ain't code.)

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Enter a non-breaking space - not the &nbsp; version, the proper unicode version - after four normal spaces and the result is:

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On Windows you enter this with Alt + ( Keypad 0, Keypad 1, Keypad 6, Keypad 0 ).

On Mac OS X you enter this with Alt + Space.

Unfortunately, I don't know how to enter it directly on Linux...

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  • First I thought of this, too, but it has the disadvantage that if people copy-and-paste that code, they may catch the unicode space without noticing.
    – Hendrik Vogt
    Sep 8, 2011 at 9:29
  • @Hendrik, hmmm true. But I guess that'll teach them to not copy-paste random code without checking it thoroughly?
    – DMA57361
    Sep 8, 2011 at 9:32
  • Your workaround is still good to keep in mind, but the nasty thing about the unicode space is that even with thorough checking it's hard to discover.
    – Hendrik Vogt
    Sep 8, 2011 at 9:53

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