Re: html / emacs / email / w3 / gnus: 0xa0 and 0x0a both used as newlines

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Daniel Ortmann <dortmann@lsil.com> writes:

> Many emails are now using 0xa0 as a newline character (at least as
> rendered by w3 under gnus and as sent by messages using "R" for Reply).
> Often the normal newline 0x0a occurs above and below the 0xa0 line.

That sounds odd.  0xa0 is non-breaking space, which doesn't have
anything to do with newlines.

However, it's not uncommon for message (especially HTML, for some
reason) to have non-breaking space in them.  So of you respond to
such an article, they'll be quoted just like any other character. 

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