Indentation issue in french dialogs

[joss]

I am sure to have seen this problem already submitted here but I can't find
it again, unfortunately.

For books that I convert from epub to kepub either via KoboTouchExtended 3.2.15 or kepubify 3.1.4 , some lines in dialogues are not left aligned after the leading hyphen i.e. I have an extra space ( kobo fw 4.15.12920 or 4.17 )
I have tried with an English book and it is correctly converted.
This problem occurs only in french dialogues since we use the '-' hyphen char
to indent the lines, not the double quotes like in English .

At first, I thought it was for the last line of the dialogue or sentences longer
than 3 lines, but now I have samples where it is for 2 lines long sentences
in the middle of the dialog ,
e.g :

- comment allez-vous ?
- bien, merci. Et vous ?
- moi aussi.
^^ 2 spaces ( or so ) instead of one after the -

Same problem whatever font is used, even default editor font, and whatever the source of the original epub.

I am not even sure it is related with hyphenation since the *same* leading word will be sometimes correctly justified in the *same* dialogue.

The only mode that clears this problem is to be in completely "disable justification" mode ( middle icon in kobo menu )
which is not good at all, since no lines are *right* justified ( dialogues or 'normal' lines ) .

I also tried in a last attempt to load the french hyphenation dictionnary of JS Wolf , to no avail.

Thanks
Joss

[davidfor]

This has been discussed a few times in the Kobo forum (where this should have been posted). Basically, it doesn't work properly for languages that use something other than quotation marks. There have been a few things tried, some seemed to work better than others, but, I don't think anything was perfect. You can look in the Kobo forum for the details.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by davidfor

This has been discussed a few times in the Kobo forum (where this should have been posted).
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Then I'd better move it there

BR

[joss]

Thank you for your answer.
I finally found this previous thread ( KEPUB and non-breaking space )
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...ghlight=dialog
This seems very complex and subtle. I thought there was an easy solution or patch.
I think I will have to live with this issue.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by joss

I think I will have to live with this issue.

At times, it comes down to making a choice between spending your time reading with a minor annoyance or spending your time fixing the ebook when you could be reading.