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Re: lynx-dev Special Hyphen


From: Jason F. McBrayer
Subject: Re: lynx-dev Special Hyphen
Date: 18 Aug 1998 11:47:26 -0500

>>>>> "AG" == Al Gilman <address@hidden> writes:

AG> to follow up on what Jason F. McBrayer said:
>> 
>> I don't think it's supposed to line up.  "&shy;" is a soft hyphen;
>> it's only supposed to be a hint as to whether a word can be hyphenated
>> at a particular point.  If a program needs to hyphenate a word, it
>> should do it at the "&shy;" and print a regular hyphen there. 
>> 

AG> Let's see if I understand you.  It sounds as though, if Lynx is not
AG> going to try to break words at syllable boundaries, that it can
AG> safely render "&shy;" as "" without regard for the context?

That's what it sounds like to me, though you shouldn't take my word
for it, as I'm no SGML expert.

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