From 444abfff9468b6c2e2834b448a0461dd0b1c0a7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Damien Elmes <gpg@ankiweb.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 13:54:50 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] avoid nbsp for single spaces when pasting text

https://anki.tenderapp.com/discussions/ankidesktop/32823-all-spaces-are-being-replaced-with-nbsp-when-pasting-219-linux
---
 aqt/editor.py | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/aqt/editor.py b/aqt/editor.py
index e284e4a2c..52b8ef297 100644
--- a/aqt/editor.py
+++ b/aqt/editor.py
@@ -939,8 +939,13 @@ class EditorWebView(AnkiWebView):
         # normal text; convert it to HTML
         txt = html.escape(txt)
         txt = txt.replace("\n", "<br>")\
-            .replace("\t", " "*4)\
-            .replace(" ", "&nbsp;")
+            .replace("\t", " "*4)
+
+        # if there's more than one consecutive space,
+        # use non-breaking spaces for the second one on
+        def repl(match):
+            return " " + match.group(1).replace(" ", "&nbsp;")
+        txt = re.sub(" ( +)", repl, txt)
 
         return txt