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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. "­" 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 "­" 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 "­" 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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Re: lynx-dev Special Hyphen, Michael Warner, 1998/08/19