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Originally Posted by slm
Are you sure that inserting a zero-width space won't foul up the URL for someone who tries to copy and paste it? (The <wbr> should disappear from a "text" copy/paste, automatically).
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I am not worried about that due to link rot. All the URL's are dead. But I did wonder that myself and just assumed I could overcome that with a href.
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Originally Posted by KevinH
Okay tested it. Support for the wbr tag came with html5 so it is part of epub3.
So I tried your test using epub3 and the <wbr /> tag and it nicely passes current EpubCheck.
Is there some reason you are still building new epubs as epub 2.0 versions?
Epub3 is the current valid epub spec and epub2 is now considered deprecated at best and by many to be obsolete. Epub3 can be made backwards compatible to work with older epub2 only e-readers. It is the leading epub format especially internationally. Epub3 is also a preferred format when converting an epub for the kindle.
There seems to be some resistance to moving to epub3 from some people on this site, but epub3 really is the right target to future proof any epub you are making.
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Ok, its part of epub3. Thank you for checking.
The only reason I am using epub 2.0 is that the ebooks I have here are all epub 2.0 format, so I never really worried about upgrading as they all seem to work quite nicely on my Libra 2.
But now I am starting to see limitations, like the <wbr> and <s></s> within a <p> tag (why?), and others I have come across that I don't remember this very minute. Plus with your comments I now think it is time to convert to epub 3, so I'll do just that on my next ebook fix.
Is there a handy reference of differences between epub 2 and 3. Yes, I can do a search, but just in case you know of a great and simple reference.
I wonder why it is that every book I have is epub2. Maybe its something in my convert settings in Calibre. I'll have a hunt around.
Thanks
