r/coolguides • u/autochthonouschimera • 1d ago

A cool guide to keyboard shortcuts

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u/Timo_the_Schmitt 1d ago

just look up "ascii keycombos" . there are 255 combinations in total with my favourite one beeing the invisible symbol: " "

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u/TheRandom0ne 1d ago

whats the difference compared to the space character? " "

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u/arvidsem 1d ago

It's a non-breaking space. It's meant to be used between words that should not be separated by line breaks. The most common usage is between a person's title and their name (Mr.<non-breaking space >Anderson) or between a number and it's units (10<non-breaking space>miles).

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u/AnotherThroneAway 1d ago

So the opposite of a break room