UAX #14: no line breaks between OP and QU, even if there are intervening spaces

From: Arnt Richard Johansen (arntj@opera.com)
Date: Fri Nov 30 2007 - 05:17:44 CST

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    In UAX #14, rule LB15 states "Do not break within ‘”[’, even with
    intervening spaces." This is formalised as

        QU SP* × OP

    What is the rationale behind this rule?

    I can't think of any example where breaking at the intervening spaces
    would create undesirable results, whereas NOT breaking at the intervening
    spaces will tend to break up very short quotations in favour of keeping
    the trailing end of the quotation together with a following parenthetical
    remark.

    As an example, given a sufficiently small text area width, the algorithm
    will break text this way:

        "The
        Wire" (2005)

    but never this way:

        "The Wire"
        (2005)

    which is IMHO more logical. 

    -- 
Arnt Richard Johansen
Web technology tester
Core QA, Opera Software

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