Revert "Rich text: pad multiple spaces through en/em replacement (#56341

)" (#58792) This reverts commit 53cae01. Co-authored-by: ellatrix <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: jeryj <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: t-hamano <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: dmsnell <[email protected]>
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diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/use-input-rules.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/use-input-rules.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  */
 import { useRef } from '@wordpress/element';
 import { useRefEffect } from '@wordpress/compose';
-import { insert, isCollapsed, toHTMLString } from '@wordpress/rich-text';
+import { insert, toHTMLString } from '@wordpress/rich-text';
 import { getBlockTransforms, findTransform } from '@wordpress/blocks';
 import { useDispatch } from '@wordpress/data';
 
@@ -47,34 +47,6 @@ function findSelection( blocks ) {
 	return [];
 }
 
-/**
- * An input rule that replaces two spaces with an en space, and an en space
- * followed by a space with an em space.
- *
- * @param {Object} value Value to replace spaces in.
- *
- * @return {Object} Value with spaces replaced.
- */
-function replacePrecedingSpaces( value ) {
-	if ( ! isCollapsed( value ) ) {
-		return value;
-	}
-
-	const { text, start } = value;
-	const lastTwoCharacters = text.slice( start - 2, start );
-
-	// Replace two spaces with an em space.
-	if ( lastTwoCharacters === '  ' ) {
-		return insert( value, '\u2002', start - 2, start );
-	}
-	// Replace an en space followed by a space with an em space.
-	else if ( lastTwoCharacters === '\u2002 ' ) {
-		return insert( value, '\u2003', start - 2, start );
-	}
-
-	return value;
-}
-
 export function useInputRules( props ) {
 	const {
 		__unstableMarkLastChangeAsPersistent,
@@ -155,7 +127,7 @@ export function useInputRules( props ) {
 
 					return accumlator;
 				},
-				preventEventDiscovery( replacePrecedingSpaces( value ) )
+				preventEventDiscovery( value )
 			);
 
 			if ( transformed !== value ) {

diff --git a/test/e2e/specs/editor/blocks/links.spec.js b/test/e2e/specs/editor/blocks/links.spec.js
@@ -1026,8 +1026,8 @@ test.describe( 'Links', () => {
 			pageUtils,
 			editor,
 		} ) => {
-			const textToSelect = `\u2003\u2003 spaces\u2003 `;
-			const textWithWhitespace = `Text with leading and trailing       spaces    `;
+			const textToSelect = `         spaces     `;
+			const textWithWhitespace = `Text with leading and trailing${ textToSelect }`;
 
 			// Create a block with some text.
 			await editor.insertBlock( {