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Originally Posted by Tex2002ans
After the comma, your code accidentally has 3 WORD JOINERS in it.
Cut that down to 1 (or 0).
This is one of the dangers of using some of these invisible Unicode characters:
- It becomes very tough to see when you've made errors
- You may accidentally cause MORE bugs/harm than the problem you're trying to solve.
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That's probably because I was struggling with getting it typed *here*. In Sigil, I have the word joiner as a preserved entity, so I *do* see it. But I think it was disappearing *here* while I was typing and I didn't realize, so I was typing it in again, and apparently again. Sorry!
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I'd still stick with the advice I've been saying for years:
In ebooks, don't worry about quirks in EM DASH linebreaks.
Leave it up to each device's/program's linebreak algorithms.
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Actually, when I'm doing books for myself, that's EXACTLY what I do.
I *don't* really like micro-managing reflowable text! However, most books don't have quite the sheer numbers of trailing em-dashes that this particular title does. And I know people here get kind of picky about how ebooks look. Me, it doesn't bother me terribly if a line starts with an ellipsis or em-dash. I've gotten used to it.
Which is why I was asking. Because once the text is proofed, I can present it however. Free flowing or with the possibility of fewer orphan em-dashes if folks prefer that.
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No need between word and comma.
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Good, I didn't think so. I never see commas breaking off.
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Again, I wouldn't worry about this word joiner stuff.
But, if you had to pull my teeth, this is where WORD JOINER would be placed around the EM DASH:
- Example #1: BEFORE
- Example #2: BEFORE + AFTER
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Side Note: Similar issue happens with odd linebreaking around the ELLIPSIS character + other punctuation.
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I'll think it over. I was noticing the orphan em-dashes more than usual, so I thought I should perhaps try to prevent those.
Your examples are what I thought would be the right placement, *if* I decide to use word joiners. THANKS, I will check out your posts!
I've been having fun making ebooks for myself out of my old childhood books, but those I can't share because of copyright. This title, I can!
I like modern AND old styles. Not to the extent of trying to duplicate all the crazy spacing from 1910, but the little oddities like the commas and em-dashes add charm and give me that old book feeling. Likewise for to-days and to-morrows. I grew up with those reading my dad's books. Nostalgia....
Meanwhile, anyone who objects to me just letting the text flow, speak up. The book is for MobileRead, so I'm happy to do what folks prefer, if, of course there is any consensus at all on that.
