From: Jukka K. Korpela (jkorpela@cs.tut.fi)
Date: Thu Jan 25 2007 - 13:20:50 CST
On Wed, 24 Jan 2007, Philippe Verdy wrote:
>>>> Tam wisi czerwono-
>>>> -niebieska flaga.
- -
> Isn't this example encodable simply by using a regular SHY followed by
> an the orthographic hard HYPHEN?
As mentioned in another message, a normal ("hard") hyphen tends to allow a
line break after it, so the break will probably appear in a wrong
position.
However, you could use SOFT HYPHEN followed by NON-BREAKING HYPHEN. This
seems to work, in a sense, in some programs, but there's a presentational
problem. The glyph for NON-BREAKING HYPHEN often differs from the glyph
for SOFT HYPHEN when visible. The difference is rather noticeable. In
Times New Roman for example, NON-BREAKING HYPHEN is considerably longer,
almost like an en dash.
-- Jukka "Yucca" Korpela, http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/
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