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Re: string replace with ­
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- Subject: Re: [xsl] string replace with ­
- From: Peter Flynn <peter at silmaril dot ie>
- Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 21:08:44 +0000
- Organization: Silmaril Consultants
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Miller, James V (CRD) wrote:
> I have an XML file that I am converting to HTML. In the processing, I have a string of the form
> "machine.site.domain". These strings can be fairly long. When I output the HTML, I would to add a
> hint to the browser that it can hyphenate this string at any ".". So when I output the string I
> would like it to be
>
> machine­.site­.domain
>
> So that it can be rendered as
>
> machine-
> .site.domain
David has answered your question, but can I ask why you want to do this
this way? It will be very misleading to your readers: the normal way to
break URLs over a line-end is to use a hyphenless break at punctuation
points only. My personal preference is to leave the punctuation at the
end of the line, but I know some editors prefer the punctuation at the
start of the next line, eg
machine.
site.domain
or
machine
.site.domain
But I urge you to use one of them and not introduce additional
characters which are not part of the name but could be misunderstood
by the unwary.
///Peter
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