(emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table): Treat non-break space as whitespace in Lisp.

3 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index fd8127f3ba4..cf6019cbfd2 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ supported on other platforms, but not on Windows due to using the winsock
 
 * Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.1
 
+** Non-breaking space now acts as whitespace.
+
 +++
 ** In `condition-case', a handler can specify "let the debugger run first".
 
diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 144023ea0d9..856d422e4ed 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-07-30  Richard Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>
+
+        * emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el (emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table):
+        Treat non-break space as whitespace in Lisp.
+
 2007-07-30  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
 
         * vc.el (vc-dired-hook): Use inhibit-read-only.
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el
index d41c0af3d73..655677998e0 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
         (modify-syntax-entry i "_   " table)
         (setq i (1+ i)))
       (modify-syntax-entry ?\s "    " table)
+      ;; Non-break space acts as whitespace.
+      (modify-syntax-entry ?\x8a0 "    " table)
       (modify-syntax-entry ?\t "    " table)
       (modify-syntax-entry ?\f "    " table)
       (modify-syntax-entry ?\n ">   " table)