Re: breaking hyphen?


Jukka K. Korpela wrote:

> I don't think it was an improvement that Opera started dividing "-1"
> into "-" at the end of a line and "1" at the start of the next line.
>
> (Or consider the string "Latin-1". Do you really want "1" to go to the
> next line?)

I agree that a simple "allow break after a hyphen" rule is not an ideal
solution.

One possible improvement would be to add a condition that a break
should not be allowed if it would leave a string of 3 or fewer
characters at tne end or start of a line. Another possible improvement
would be not to allow a break between a hyphen and a number, so that
negative numbers are not broken.

Opera is working on a new rendering engine for version 9, and a preview
is available:
- Windows: <http://snapshot.opera.com/windows/w90p1.html>
- UNIX: <http://snapshot.opera.com/unix/u90p1.html>
- Mac: <http://snapshot.opera.com/mac/m90p1.html>

This would be a good time to test its breaking algorithm and provide
feedback. Opera do take notice of feedback.

--
Alan Wood
http://www.alanwood.net (Unicode, special characters, pesticide names)

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