// ==UserScript==
// @name           NonBreakSpaces+
// @namespace      benjol
// @description    Make Ctrl-space add a non-break-space in textareas
// @include        http://french.stackexchange.com/questions/*
// @include        http://meta.french.stackexchange.com/questions/*
// @include        http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/1098/*
// ==/UserScript==
function inject(f) {
  var script = document.createElement("script");
  script.type = "text/javascript";
  script.textContent = "(" + f.toString() + ")()";
  document.body.appendChild(script);
};

//Note that if you copy in Firefox, you'll get the impression that the nbsp isn't there, but it is!
// (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=359303)
inject(function () {
  var nbsp = String.fromCharCode(160), 
      left = "«" + nbsp, //171
      right = nbsp + "»",  //187
      next = left;

  function insert(field, val) { 
    if(field.selectionStart || field.selectionStart == '0') {
      var cursorAfter = field.selectionStart + val.length;
      var first = field.value.slice(0, field.selectionStart);
      var second = field.value.slice(field.selectionEnd);
      field.value = first + val + second;
      field.setSelectionRange(cursorAfter, cursorAfter);
    }
    else //won't work in IE, sorry!
      field.value += val;
  } 

  $(document).keypress(function(event) {
    var field = event.target;

    if(event.ctrlKey && event.charCode == 32) {
        insert(field, nbsp);
        event.preventDefault();
    } else if (event.charCode == 34) {
        insert(field, next);
	next = (next == left) ? right : left;
        event.preventDefault();
    };
  });
});