Fix French keyboard layout once and for all

README.md

If I could get a hold on the fine gentleman who inserted nobreakspace in this layout!

The good news, the world is full of good people. For example, this gentleman explains how to fix a keymap system wide: http://stesie.github.io/2018/09/nixos-custom-keyboard-layout-revisited

You just have to replace it with my patch.

betterfrench.patch

Index: xkeyboard-config-2.27/symbols/fr
===================================================================
--- xkeyboard-config-2.27.orig/symbols/fr
+++ xkeyboard-config-2.27/symbols/fr
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ xkb_symbols "oss_latin9" {
     key <LSGT>  { [             less,          greater,                 less,               greater ] }; // < > < >
     key <AB01>  { [                w,                W,        guillemotleft,         guillemotleft ] }; // w W « «
     key <AB02>  { [                x,                X,       guillemotright,        guillemotright ] }; // x X » »
-    key <AB04>  { [                v,                V,         nobreakspace,                  less ] }; // v V ⍽ < (espace insécable)
+    key <AB04>  { [                v,                V,         space,                  less ] }; // v V ⍽ < (espace insécable)
     key <AB05>  { [                b,                B,                minus,           asciicircum ] }; // b B - ^
     key <AB06>  { [                n,                N,              notsign,               greater ] }; // n N ¬ >
     key <AB07>  { [            comma,         question,         questiondown,                period ] }; // , ? ¿ .
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ xkb_symbols "bepo" {
     key <AB09> { [               h,            H,         dagger,   doubledagger ] }; // h H † ‡
     key <AB10> { [               f,            F,    dead_ogonek,    ordfeminine ] }; // f F ̨ ª
 
-    key <SPCE> { [           space, nobreakspace,     underscore,          U202F ] }; // ␣ (espace insécable) _ (espace insécable fin)
+    key <SPCE> { [           space, space,     underscore,          space ] }; // ␣ (espace insécable) _ (espace insécable fin)
 };
 
 partial alphanumeric_keys
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ xkb_symbols "bepo_latin9" {
 
     // Note : on a besoin de redéfinir les niveaux 3 et 4,
     // donc nbsp(level2) ne suffit pas !
-    key <SPCE> { [           space,  nobreakspace,    underscore,   nobreakspace ] }; // ␣ (espace insécable) _ (espace insécable)
+    key <SPCE> { [           space,  space,    underscore,   space ] }; // ␣ (espace insécable) _ (espace insécable)
 };
 
 // Author   : Francis Leboutte, http://www.algo.be/ergo/dvorak-fr.html
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ xkb_symbols "dvorak" {
   key <AB09> { [                p,                P,         section                   ] };
   key <AB10> { [                j,                J                                    ] };
 
-  key <SPCE> { [            space,            space,    nobreakspace,     nobreakspace ] };
+  key <SPCE> { [            space,            space,    space,     space ] };
 };
 
 // C'WHERTY: Breton keyboard. Ar c'hlavier brezhoneg.
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ xkb_symbols "bre" {
     key <AB09> { [          period,          colon,         section,      copyright ] };
     key <AB10> { [           comma,      semicolon,         percent                 ] };
 
-    key <SPCE> { [           space,   nobreakspace,           space,   nobreakspace ] };
+    key <SPCE> { [           space,   space,           space,   space ] };
 
     include "level3(ralt_switch)"
 };
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ xkb_symbols "mac" {
     key <AB09> {       [     colon,  slash,   division,        backslash       ]       };
     key <AB10> {       [     equal,   plus, VoidSymbol,        plusminus       ]       };
 
-    key <SPCE> {       [     space,  space, nobreakspace,   nobreakspace       ]       };
+    key <SPCE> {       [     space,  space, space,   space     ]       };