09-14-2017, 07:00 AM | #1 |
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Preventing breaks at the end of a line.
I've just prepared an ebook which several times refers to a city as T--, with the -- as a long line. When this occurs at the end of a line print the T is at the end of the line, and the -- is on the next line.
I've tried T— and T*&mdash, but they don't work, and my Sony chokes on T & # 2805; as does MobileRead. Is there another way of forcing the T and the — to stick together? Last edited by AlexBell; 09-14-2017 at 07:05 AM. |
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span.nowrap { white-space: nowrap; } <p>He lived in <span class="nowrap">M—</span> at that time.</p> Last edited by Doitsu; 09-14-2017 at 08:33 AM. |
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09-14-2017, 10:41 AM | #3 |
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Should that not be a hyphen instead of an em dash? That does not seem an appropriate of an em dash.
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09-15-2017, 02:54 AM | #7 |
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If you are using justified alignment --- when using "no-wrap" in a span that way, if the line is too long for the screen width, which result will you get:
will it bleed off the edge, will the spanned word drop down to the next line, or will the kerning be tightened up on the earlier part of the sentence? |
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What happens with newer versions? The word breaks at the em-dash?
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Given that this doesn't work with ADE 2 on up, then I don't think there's a way to do this. Just forget the code and you'll just have to deal with the splits.
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09-15-2017, 01:27 PM | #14 |
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Use a horizontal-bar (AKA quotation-dash, U+2015) instead of an em-dash.
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