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Originally Posted by cybmole
can anyone say:
1. what conventions do printed book typesetters follow for line breaks around mdash.
2.what break rules should smarter e-reader software use - I know what Kindle does but what do other e-readers like e.g. sony do ?
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As far as I know, in English a linebreak at an em-dash (before or after) is allowed in general, and I've seen it in printed books. A linebreak should be avoided when the dash is at the end (or beginning) of a sentence.
the Professor was saying "—and he had breakfast (no linebreak before or after the dash)
or rather suffering fellows—" (no linebreak before or after the dash)
The Other Professor is—well, you won't like him (linebreak allowed)
And as to the "Pig-Tale"—which you have (linebreak allowed)
In Spanish the dash works more like a parenthesis, with space (or punctuation) at one side, and nothing on the other, a line break is only allowed where there is a space.