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Originally Posted by ams
You can fix this by editing the book: simply replace "—" by "​—​". What this does is putting zero width spaces between the word and the em-dash. This way, the dictionary lookup works (at least on K3 and KT with KF8 books).
For old mobi7 files better use ‌ instead to also allow line breaks at the em-dash. See http://hisdeedsaredust.com/2012/01/t...on-the-kindle/. |
Yes, but you shouldn't have to. The firmware for the dictionary should be intelligent enough to recognize hyphens, emdashes, endashes, etc. The vast majority of people reading books on a Kindle will not have a clue as to how to modify an eBook.