Re: entering CJK full-width space

[Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>]

> > At least for the `chinese-py-punct' and `chinese-py-punct-b5'
> > methods I suggest that the combination `v' `<space>' creates a
> > full-width space.
> 
> I've just installed a change for that.

Thanks.

> In my opiniion, U+3000 should be a deprecated character.  At least
> we Japanese don't use it that much because hitting space in Japanese
> input method is usually for converting the preedit hiragana
> sequence.  When there's no preedit text, some input methods insert
> nomal space, and some insert full-width space.  But, long ago I
> heard that many people don't like the latter behaviour.

At least in Chinese the full-width space character is used very often.
For example, it is a standard typography rule to start a paragraph
with two full-width spaces.


    Werner