On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Richard Heck <rgh...@lyx.org> wrote:
> On 08/28/2014 11:43 AM, stefano franchi wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 6:03 AM, Jerry <lancebo...@qwest.net> wrote: > >> I have a fancy hyphenated word, crosstalk-cancelled, where I spell it >> with (I believe) the proper - which is an n-dash. When this is rendered in >> the vicinity of a line wrap, the entire thing gets pushed to the next line, >> leaving a lot of ugly white space in the first line. So I inserted a >> hyphenation point after the -. This shows on the LyX screen as sort of -- >> which is my original n-dash and a shorter blue dash, probably supposed to >> represent a hyphen. This is all great, but when this version is rendered, >> the line break now appears after crosstalk--, that is, both the n-dash >> _and_ the hyphenation point are rendered which looks very wrong. What is >> the typographer's say on this, and is LyX doing the right thing. Also, is >> this a LyX problem or a TeX problem? My guess the typographer would say, >> let the n-dash stand alone if it occurs at a line break. >> >> > > This stackexchange question [1] contains more info than you probably > wished for, but it may still be useful in laying out the various ways to > approach the problem. Richard's suggestion (\newline) is indeed one of > those listed. Of course, all solution refer to LaTeX an not Lyxd, which > means you can use them only if you insert them in ERT boxes (and add the > corresponding packages, when needed, to your Document's preamble) > > [1] > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2193307/how-to-get-latex-to-hyphenate-a-word-that-contains-a-dash > > > Wow, that is a lot of information! Mostly, that deals with cases where you > use the word a lot. I took this to be more of a one-off sort of issue. But > I'm going to save that link.... > > Well, for more time-wasting typographic fun, you could also read the following SX question [1]. Look in particular at the answer from "Lover of Structure" One of the highest ranked). Best explanation I have ever found of the difference between hyphen and en-dash in compound words. Cheers, S. [1] http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/3819/dashes-vs-vs -- __________________________________________________ Stefano Franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com <stef...@tamu.edu> http://stefano.cleinias.org
