I apologize for butchering the use of these forums as I have asked this question already, but have come to the conclusion that this is the correct forum to post this question. As I can no longer unmark an answer as 'answered' I'm asking the question again, hopefully a bit more clearly. 

Old question 1: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/lync/en-US/b417cd8c-bc40-4f14-b5c8-7de080b5809f/feature-request-toggle-removal-of-special-white-space-characters?forum=ocsclients#a6b1f2f9-6ea7-4583-97a2-9f12f1eefb5f

Question on the forum the moderator suggested: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/lync/en-US/844e7372-6521-4faa-842a-727d21e82df1/feature-request-toggle-removal-of-special-white-space-characters?forum=communicatorsdk

As a developer on a team, it's nice to use Lync to send snippets of code to one another and copy paste that code. However, we noticed that if we do that with some code that has multiple white spaces, it breaks the program as the compiler doesn't know what to do with your special '^' character that allows the form to render multiple white spaces on the Lync dialog (that took us awhile to debug...). I wonder if it would be possible to have a feature that allows the user to 'turn off ' the addition of the "^" character allowing developers (or anyone else...) to use Lync in the manner I've described. 

Please note that this is a Lync client to Lync client issue. I apologize for not making that clear the first time.

Also, I'm using Lync on the Mac, so I'm assuming this behavior is cross-platform. 

Thanks. 

Hi,

There is no such switch that turn off 'the addition of the "^" character. It is it is built in Lync. You may seed a feedback about this issue to Lync Team. It is possible to have such a patch to meet your requirement in the future. Thank you for your understanding. NextHop is the Microsoft Lync Server teams customer response channel. You can give us feedback or propose and article topic by email at NextHop@microsoft.com

I understand that there is no such switch as suggested by my title of "Feature Request: ..." . I was under the impression that this is the place to suggest features to the Lync team ( or other developers working on Lync ). If that is not the case, would someone kindly post the appropriate place to suggest a feature? I'm hesitant to post to the NextHop@microsoft.com as @Kent-Huang implies that it is for the Lync Server not the Lync Client. 

Hi Kirk,
I will hlep you submit a feedback about this issue to Microsoft. Thank you for your understanding.