lynx-dev hyphenation

[Philip Webb]

also on the subject of Lynx treatment of line lengths,
Lynx 2-8pre.2 renders the following HTML:

what happens when there is a very long hyphenated word 
which-overlaps-awkwardly-for-Lynx-at-the-end-of-one-line-and-the-beginning-of-another
<p>
what happens when there are soft hyphens in a word 
which&shy;overlaps&shy;awkwardly&shy;for&shy;Lynx&shy;at&shy;the&shy;end&shy;of&shy;one&shy;line&shy;and&shy;the&shy;beginning&shy;of&shy;another
<p>

as

   what happens when there is a very long hyphenated word
   which-overlaps-awkwardly-for-Lynx-at-the-end-of-one-line-and-the-begin
   ning-of-another
   
   what happens when there are soft hyphens in a word whichoverlaps-
   awkwardlyforLynxattheendofonelineandthebeginningofanother

shouldn't Lynx render an overtly hyphenated word (1st example)
by breaking it at a hyphen, which it in fact does for the 2nd example?
does HTML really require that authors add `&shy;' after every `-' ?
surely not, since that would insert an EXTRA hyphen in example 2 ...

this thought was provoked by a couple of lines in Washington Post today
which Lynx rendered (roughly)

   The latest Russian appointments include a leading
   Communist-turned-reformer who is expected to change direction in the

where more normal behaviour would write   

   The latest Russian appointments include a leading Communist-turned-
   reformer who is expected to change direction in the ...

there was a recent discussion of soft hyphens,
but it didn't cover example 1 & didn't result in any changes IIRC.
   
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