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Re: Inserting softHyphens in FO
- From: Gustaf Liljegren <gustafl at algonet dot se>
- To: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
- Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 15:07:27 +0200
- Subject: Re: [xsl] Inserting softHyphens in FO
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Pietschmann wrote:
>> Try putting ­ where you want soft hyphens.
>Using soft hyphens is not recommended:
>1. The spec doesn't even mention them, how it is handled
> is implementation defined.
Okay, it's not a bug, but the U+00AD character is established in so many
other contexts, so not mentioning them in the spec is likely a result of
human error. I agree we cannot recommend them as portable solution now, but
I think one should at least recommend them in those cases where it works.
Gustaf
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