Problem with Unicode Character 'Word Joiner' (U+2060)

psztk · 10-14-2011, 01:18 PM

Hi,

I'm trying to solve the same issue as was described in thread:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=122565
I'm not happy with non-breaking spaces, because they have fixed width - it doesn't look good in Kindle with full justification. Therefore I'm trying to use Word Joiners instead:
http://www.fileformat.info/info/unic...2060/index.htm
So instead of:

Code:

"I&nbsp;was there..."

I use something like this:

Code:

"I&#x2060; was there..."

In LibreOffice it works just fine. Unfortunately I cannot get the same behaviour in converted .mobi files.
I tried make changes in .odt files and convert them to .mobi, but Calibre seems to lose that Word Joiners during conversion.
I also tried to use Search and Replace:
Search:

Code:

(\s\w)(\s)

Replace:

Code:

\1&#x2060;\2

But it doesn't work as well.

Does Calbire support Word Joiners during conversion or I'm making something wrong here

10-14-2011, 01:18 PM	#1
psztk Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kindle	Problem with Unicode Character 'Word Joiner' (U+2060) Hi, I'm trying to solve the same issue as was described in thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=122565 I'm not happy with non-breaking spaces, because they have fixed width - it doesn't look good in Kindle with full justification. Therefore I'm trying to use Word Joiners instead: http://www.fileformat.info/info/unic...2060/index.htm So instead of: Code: "I was there..." I use something like this: Code: "I⁠ was there..." In LibreOffice it works just fine. Unfortunately I cannot get the same behaviour in converted .mobi files. I tried make changes in .odt files and convert them to .mobi, but Calibre seems to lose that Word Joiners during conversion. I also tried to use Search and Replace: Search: Code: (\s\w)(\s) Replace: Code: \1⁠\2 But it doesn't work as well. Does Calbire support Word Joiners during conversion or I'm making something wrong here

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