nbsp not rendering

[quentin-bettoum]

Summary

In my editor, no-break spaces are not rendered with the character set in the config, they are rendered with empty space.
I tried to change the font and terminal emulator used, but the result is still the same.
I also tried to set a differenc character for the nbsp, like the letter a, but with no result.

[editor.whitespace.render]
space = "all"
tab = "all"
newline = "none"

[editor.whitespace.characters]
space = "·"
nbsp = "⍽"
tab = "→"
newline = "⏎"
tabpad = "·"

Reproduction Steps

No response

Helix log

It doesn't seem to be interesting, this is what is shown when I type space and nbsp:

2024-02-11T13:21:05.223 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 1 modified - last saved: 0, current: 0
2024-02-11T13:21:05.223 helix_term::application [DEBUG] received editor event: IdleTimer
2024-02-11T13:21:05.224 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 1 modified - last saved: 0, current: 0
2024-02-11T13:21:06.263 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 1 modified - last saved: 0, current: 0
2024-02-11T13:21:06.264 helix_term::application [DEBUG] received editor event: IdleTimer
2024-02-11T13:21:06.264 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 1 modified - last saved: 0, current: 0
2024-02-11T13:21:08.751 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 1 modified - last saved: 0, current: 0
2024-02-11T13:21:08.752 helix_term::application [DEBUG] received editor event: IdleTimer
2024-02-11T13:21:08.752 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 1 modified - last saved: 0, current: 0
2024-02-11T13:21:09.616 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 1 modified - last saved: 0, current: 1
2024-02-11T13:21:09.616 helix_view::document [DEBUG] id 1 modified - last saved: 0, current: 1

Platform

Linux

Terminal Emulator

Alacritty

Installation Method

Pacman

Helix Version

helix 23.10

[the-mikedavis]

Can you attach an example file where you see this? You can hover over the nbsp character and use the :character-info command to confirm that it is an nbsp: you should see " " (U+00a0) Hex c2 a0 printed to the statusline.

Also, have you set the editor.whitespace.render option in your config?

[quentin-bettoum]

Yes I have the whitespace.render set and it works for normal spaces.

I confirm it's an nbsp using the :character-info

Here is a test.txt file I just created, containing only one nbsp.

[the-mikedavis]

Aha, you should just need to add nbsp = "all" to your config - the default is "none" if not specified

[quentin-bettoum]

Thanks!

I missed that one because it wasn't in the example, my bad for not reading the doc properly.