On 24 Jan 2014, at 16:56, Jens Alfke <j...@mooseyard.com> wrote:

> 
> On Jan 23, 2014, at 11:59 PM, Rick Mann <rm...@latencyzero.com> wrote:
> 
>> I have a UILabel that breaks lines if the text gets too long. Traditionally, 
>> on the Mac, you could type an option-hyphen to get a non-breaking hyphen, 
>> but this still breaks (when I type option-hyphen in my source code file in 
>> Xcode).
> 
> Option-hyphen isn't non-breaking; it's an en-dash*, which is generally used 
> in ranges of numbers, like "20–30". Apple's layout code will break at 
> en-dashes (though I'm not sure whether or not that's typographically correct.)
> 
> You're probably thinking of option-space, which is a nonbreaking space. AFAIK 
> there's no equivalent character for hyphens.

There is a non-breaking hyphen. Not sure what the unicode point is for it, but 
it’s there in the Special Characters palette if you search.
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