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charleski · 02-24-2010, 08:18 PM

I agree with him completely concerning justification - the software needs to be able to handle hyphenation (which needs different tables for different languages). You can only do so much with spacing (and I don't think ADE even tries to vary the tracking). Given the American style of using em-dashes without spaces, it's absurd that these aren't recognised as word-breaks in ADE.

Unfortunately, giving up and forcing everything left-justified instead isn't the answer, since the lack of hyphenation can leave nasty gaps at the end of lines.

What really impressed me was how he remembered the exact day he'd bought each of these gadgets

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02-24-2010, 08:18 PM	#12
charleski Wizard Posts: 1,196 Karma: 1281258 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505	I agree with him completely concerning justification - the software needs to be able to handle hyphenation (which needs different tables for different languages). You can only do so much with spacing (and I don't think ADE even tries to vary the tracking). Given the American style of using em-dashes without spaces, it's absurd that these aren't recognised as word-breaks in ADE. Unfortunately, giving up and forcing everything left-justified instead isn't the answer, since the lack of hyphenation can leave nasty gaps at the end of lines. What really impressed me was how he remembered the exact day he'd bought each of these gadgets .