Index: gc_lang/fr/modules/textformatter.py
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--- gc_lang/fr/modules/textformatter.py
+++ gc_lang/fr/modules/textformatter.py
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@
                                     ("\\bP(re?s?|ʳᵉ?ˢ?) ", "P\\1 "),
                                     ("\\bD(re?s?|ʳᵉ?ˢ?) ", "D\\1 "),
                                     ("\\bV(ves?|ᵛᵉˢ?) ", "V\\1 ")],
     "nbsp_before_symbol":          [("(\\d) ?([%‰€$£¥˚Ω℃])", "\\1 \\2")],
     "nbsp_before_units":           [("(?<=[0-9⁰¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹]) ?([kcmµn]?(?:[slgJKΩ]|m[²³]?|Wh?|Hz|dB)|[%‰]|°C)\\b", " \\1")],
-    "nbsp_repair":                 [("(?<=[[(])[   ]([!?:;])", "\\1"),
+    "nbsp_repair":                 [("(?<=[\\[(])[   ]([!?:;])", "\\1"),
                                     ("(https?|ftp)[   ]:(?=//)", "\\1:"),
                                     ("&([a-z]+)[   ];", "&\\1;"),
                                     ("&#([0-9]+|x[0-9a-fA-F]+)[   ];", "&#\\1;")],
     ## missing spaces
     "add_space_after_punctuation": [("([;!…])(?=\\w)", "\\1 "),