No-break space causing problems in Xcode
unicode, xcode
Solution
I also had that problem (xCode 7.2) and found a workaround by assigning Option+Space and Option+Shift+Space to "Make Text Writing Direction Left ToRight" in Xcode
- Preferences (menu)
- Key Bindings(section)
- Default(drop down)
- Text(tab)
- Writing Direction(section)
- Make Text Writing Direction Left ToRight(command)
- Double-click and use (+) on the right to add key bindings.
You could assign them to any other command that doesn't have a useful effect for you.
It will make it seem that the space bar is not responding when you accidentally hold the modifier keys but that's much less of a time waster than the compilation errors.
Problem
Quite often when I code in Xcode, I type no-break space (Option + Space / Option + Shift + Space) especially before or after square brackets or curly braces. This causes Xcode to give warning: ``` invalid character in source file ``` Is there any way to prevent this behavior, as it is really annoying and rarely necessary? I tried to look for an answer in Xcode menus and Google but didn't find anything proper.