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http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41671 ------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-02-22 00:32 ------- (In reply to comment #2) > Yes the changed behaviour is due to the UAX#14 changes but as far as I can > tell > the new behaviour is in line with the UAX#14 spec > (http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr14/). > > Rule 21 says: LB21 Do not break before hyphen-minus,.... > and > Rule 25 prevents a linebreak between a hyphen followed by a digit > > This means the only legal breakpoint in the text in question > 'C-12-188-440/NH-000' is the forward slash which is the one FOP chooses. > > You could surround the hyphen with ZWSP or use an EM DASH instead of the > HYPHEN > to generate a line breaking opportunity. > > I have changed the bug to INVALID but feel free to disagree. I think you're right, actually, a hyphen character shouldn't be used in such a case. That just reminds me of something I saw in a book on typographic rules, that the proper character to use here is the en dash (U+2013), like in date ranges (e.g., 2001-2005). I guess a break would be allowed then. Now that UAX#14 is implemented, illegal uses of hyphens will start to strike out. Let's get prepared to teach people about the right use of the several dash characters: hyphen, en dash, em dash, quotation dash, etc. A new time of high-level typography has risen... -- Configure bugmail: http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.
