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Re: \: re-enables hyphenation--should it?


From: Dave Kemper
Subject: Re: \: re-enables hyphenation--should it?
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2020 19:32:47 -0500

On 7/31/20, Larry Kollar <kollar@windstream.net> wrote:
> So you've tried using \& in place of \: to control breaking? Does it work
> better?

\& has no effect on breaking (nor is it documented to).  "Zero-width
space" is kind of a misnomer for it, I guess.  CSTR #54 called it a
"zero width filler character"; the term "zero-width space" for it
seems specific to the Texinfo document.



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