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jackie_w · 01-08-2011, 12:17 PM

I was just reading the Changelog for v7.38 and saw
"Smarten punctuation: Convert double dashes to em dashes. Preprocessing: Various tweaks"

I thought double dashes had always been converted. Have I got the wrong end of the stick?

As I thought this was a 3rd-party add-on I didn't realise it was possible to ask for enhancements. If we can, would it be possible to broaden the list of char strings which get translated to the horizontal ellipsis. As far as I understand it's currently just ... (dotdotdot). I have seen many books with . . . (dot space dot space dot), especially TXT scans. If it's do-able I'd be quite happy to raise a ticket.

01-08-2011, 12:17 PM	#1
jackie_w Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,252 Karma: 16544692 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: ClaraHD, Forma, Libra2, Clara2E, LibraCol, PBTouchHD3	Smart Punctuation v7.38, quick questions I was just reading the Changelog for v7.38 and saw "Smarten punctuation: Convert double dashes to em dashes. Preprocessing: Various tweaks" I thought double dashes had always been converted. Have I got the wrong end of the stick? As I thought this was a 3rd-party add-on I didn't realise it was possible to ask for enhancements. If we can, would it be possible to broaden the list of char strings which get translated to the horizontal ellipsis. As far as I understand it's currently just ... (dotdotdot). I have seen many books with . . . (dot space dot space dot), especially TXT scans. If it's do-able I'd be quite happy to raise a ticket.