Koreader and dashes

Lukusaukko · Yesterday, 11:32 AM

I've been reading a book that makes an extensive use of em dashes, and Koreader often ends up rendering the em dash in the beginning of a line, which is kind of ugly, and in hardcopy the usual rule is to never begin a line with a dash. Is there any way to force it to keep the dash at the end of the line, or failing that, take the preciding word with it to the next line (the em dashes are without surrounding space)?

Frenzie · Today, 09:40 AM

Probably not, but perhaps it'll pique poire-z's interest after coming back from vacation.

Moonbase59 · Today, 12:26 PM

Well, you could modify your ebook to use a ZWJ (zero-width joiner; U+200D) at the left of the emdash, but that would probably be a bit too much…

In German, which uses blank-endash-blank, this is also often a problem, but can be avoided by typesetting NBSP (no-break space; U+00A0), endash, space.

Both variants should keep the dash together with the word, preventing dashes at line beginnings (except where intended).

Yesterday, 11:32 AM	#1
Lukusaukko Connoisseur Posts: 56 Karma: 392326 Join Date: Feb 2023 Device: Kobo Libra 2	Koreader and dashes I've been reading a book that makes an extensive use of em dashes, and Koreader often ends up rendering the em dash in the beginning of a line, which is kind of ugly, and in hardcopy the usual rule is to never begin a line with a dash. Is there any way to force it to keep the dash at the end of the line, or failing that, take the preciding word with it to the next line (the em dashes are without surrounding space)?

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Today, 09:40 AM	#2
Frenzie Wizard Posts: 1,763 Karma: 731681 Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Antwerp Device: Kobo Aura H2O	Probably not, but perhaps it'll pique poire-z's interest after coming back from vacation.

Today, 12:26 PM	#3
Moonbase59 Addict Posts: 228 Karma: 1000244 Join Date: Oct 2021 Location: Germany Device: Tolino Vision 5, Tolino Tab 8", Pocketbook Era (16GB)	Well, you could modify your ebook to use a ZWJ (zero-width joiner; U+200D) at the left of the emdash, but that would probably be a bit too much… In German, which uses blank-endash-blank, this is also often a problem, but can be avoided by typesetting NBSP (no-break space; U+00A0), endash, space. Both variants should keep the dash together with the word, preventing dashes at line beginnings (except where intended).

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