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Nirkatze · 05-25-2023, 07:13 AM

Hi all,

I have a few fantasy books where telepathic dialogue is marked in non-standard ways, for example:

*Hi! How are you?*
<Hello. I'm good.>

And every now and then, when the line-breaks line up just right, they end up like this:

*Hi! How are you?
*
<Hello. I'm good.
>

I've been trying to figure out a way to prevent line-breaks with the beginning and end "quotes" but haven't had any luck. I use Sigil to edit and prefer epub2, and side-load using Calibre. I also prefer justified (over ragged-right), and have my tag set to text-align: justify.

I've been trying this in the stylesheet:
.nowrap {white-space: nowrap;
line-break-inside: avoid;}

Looks like this in the html file:
*Hi! How are you?*

But it doesn't seem to be working.

I'd appreciate some expert advice!

05-25-2023, 07:13 AM	#1
Nirkatze Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kobo Aura H2Ov2, iPod Touch	How to prevent line-breaks? Hi all, I have a few fantasy books where telepathic dialogue is marked in non-standard ways, for example: Hi! How are you? <Hello. I'm good.> And every now and then, when the line-breaks line up just right, they end up like this: Hi! How are you? <Hello. I'm good. > I've been trying to figure out a way to prevent line-breaks with the beginning and end "quotes" but haven't had any luck. I use Sigil to edit and prefer epub2, and side-load using Calibre. I also prefer justified (over ragged-right), and have my <p> tag set to text-align: justify. I've been trying this in the stylesheet: .nowrap {white-space: nowrap; line-break-inside: avoid;} Looks like this in the html file: <p><i><span class="nowrap">Hi!</span> How are <span class="nowrap">you?</span></i></p> But it doesn't seem to be working. I'd appreciate some expert advice!