Last modified: 2014-09-15 18:27:23 UTC
Intention: Expand some text and add a source. See https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Convenience_food&diff=612944999&oldid=609370408 Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start with existing text. Split the paragraph into two. Add another couple of sentences. Add another paragraph between them. 2. Add a source, using the Cite tool. 3. Re-use the source. 4. Save the page. Actual Results: The two newly created paragraphs began with "<nowiki> </nowiki>". This does not appear to be bug 53548. Reproducible: Couldn't Reproduce
Created attachment 15656 [details] Nowiki tags enclose spaces, but no spaces are shown in VisualEditor
They actually are shown – but it's very hard to see them. Re-wording.
No, they actually are not shown. Download the screenshot and pull it into Preview on your Mac. Zoom in six times, scroll way over to the red ovals, and use "Tools:Annotate:Line" to draw a vertical line down the leading edge of those paragraphs. Hold down your shift key to keep the line straight. Set the line to the thinnest option in the toolbar. Now count the pixels between your line and the beginnings of each letter on those paragraphs. The straight edge on the 'r' of 'raised', the 'E' of 'Experience', and the 'M' of 'Modern' are very convenient for this. There is no visible difference. Where I drew my line, I found exactly one pixel between my line and the start of each character. Something that does not display as even a single pixel on a reasonably typical laptop is properly described as "not shown".
