TextEditor: do not replace nbsp with normal spaces

This fixes saving documents and copy texts that contain non breaking
spaces.

Task-number: QTCREATORBUG-17875
Change-Id: Ie0b0e68cf7d67e768ff99c9acae1937aafc78ce7
Reviewed-by: Eike Ziller <eike.ziller@qt.io>

src/plugins/diffeditor/sidebysidediffeditorwidget.cpp

@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ QString SideDiffEditorWidget::plainTextFromSelection(const QTextCursor &cursor)
         block = block.next();
     }
 
-    return convertToPlainText(text);
+    return TextDocument::convertToPlainText(text);
 }
 
 SideBySideDiffOutput SideDiffData::diffOutput(QFutureInterface<void> &fi, int progressMin,

src/plugins/texteditor/textdocument.cpp

@@ -274,9 +274,34 @@ TextDocument *TextDocument::textDocumentForFilePath(const Utils::FilePath &fileP
     return qobject_cast<TextDocument *>(DocumentModel::documentForFilePath(filePath));
 }
 
+QString TextDocument::convertToPlainText(const QString &rawText)
+{
+    // This is basically a copy of QTextDocument::toPlainText but since toRawText returns a
+    // text containing formating characters and toPlainText replaces non breaking spaces, we
+    // provide our own plain text conversion to be able to save and copy document content
+    // containing non breaking spaces.
+
+    QString txt = rawText;
+    QChar *uc = txt.data();
+    QChar *e = uc + txt.size();
+
+    for (; uc != e; ++uc) {
+        switch (uc->unicode()) {
+        case 0xfdd0: // QTextBeginningOfFrame
+        case 0xfdd1: // QTextEndOfFrame
+        case QChar::ParagraphSeparator:
+        case QChar::LineSeparator:
+            *uc = QLatin1Char('\n');
+            break;
+        default:;
+        }
+    }
+    return txt;
+}
+
 QString TextDocument::plainText() const
 {
-    return document()->toPlainText();
+    return convertToPlainText(d->m_document.toRawText());
 }
 
 QString TextDocument::textAt(int pos, int length) const
@@ -638,7 +663,7 @@ bool TextDocument::save(QString *errorString, const FilePath &filePath, bool aut
         }
     }
 
-    const bool ok = write(savePath, saveFormat, d->m_document.toPlainText(), errorString);
+    const bool ok = write(savePath, saveFormat, plainText(), errorString);
 
     // restore text cursor and scroll bar positions
     if (autoSave && undos < d->m_document.availableUndoSteps()) {

src/plugins/texteditor/textdocument.h

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ public:
     static QMap<Utils::FilePath, QTextCodec *> openedTextDocumentEncodings();
     static TextDocument *currentTextDocument();
     static TextDocument *textDocumentForFilePath(const Utils::FilePath &filePath);
+    static QString convertToPlainText(const QString &rawText);
 
     virtual QString plainText() const;
     virtual QString textAt(int pos, int length) const;

src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp

@@ -1097,36 +1097,12 @@ QString TextEditorWidget::plainTextFromSelection(const QTextCursor &cursor) cons
 {
     // Copy the selected text as plain text
     QString text = cursor.selectedText();
-    return convertToPlainText(text);
+    return TextDocument::convertToPlainText(text);
 }
 
 QString TextEditorWidget::plainTextFromSelection(const Utils::MultiTextCursor &cursor) const
 {
-    return convertToPlainText(cursor.selectedText());
-}
-
-QString TextEditorWidget::convertToPlainText(const QString &txt)
-{
-    QString ret = txt;
-    QChar *uc = ret.data();
-    QChar *e = uc + ret.size();
-
-    for (; uc != e; ++uc) {
-        switch (uc->unicode()) {
-        case 0xfdd0: // QTextBeginningOfFrame
-        case 0xfdd1: // QTextEndOfFrame
-        case QChar::ParagraphSeparator:
-        case QChar::LineSeparator:
-            *uc = QLatin1Char('\n');
-            break;
-        case QChar::Nbsp:
-            *uc = QLatin1Char(' ');
-            break;
-        default:
-            ;
-        }
-    }
-    return ret;
+    return TextDocument::convertToPlainText(cursor.selectedText());
 }
 
 static const char kTextBlockMimeType[] = "application/vnd.qtcreator.blocktext";

src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.h

@@ -522,7 +522,6 @@ protected:
 
     virtual QString plainTextFromSelection(const QTextCursor &cursor) const;
     virtual QString plainTextFromSelection(const Utils::MultiTextCursor &cursor) const;
-    static QString convertToPlainText(const QString &txt);
 
     virtual QString lineNumber(int blockNumber) const;
     virtual int lineNumberDigits() const;