The whitespace character in listings

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Explicit space character?

The listings package by default replaces spaces in (for example) strings with a strange underscore style thing, almost like a square bracket but rotated by 90 degrees.

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My question is, what is that character, and how can I use it outside of the listings package? I want to illustrate spaces in file paths easily.

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 18 '12 at 12:47

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This character normally is \textvisiblespace

answered Apr 18 '12 at 12:47

Tobias

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Also, the UTF-8 code for it is U+2423 and it is called "Open Box" (␣) — see this page on Unicode Spaces – henrique Apr 18 '12 at 13:35

The whitespace character in listings

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