Re: [xep-support] German hyphens for addition

From: Alexander Peshkov (peshkov@renderx.com)
Date: Mon May 17 2004 - 07:16:52 PDT

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    Hello Keith,

    You have to insert zero-width space (​) after slash in order to
    allow breaking there and zero-width non-breaking space ()
    between hyphen and slash in order to "glue" them together.

    Best regards,
    Alexander Peshkov mailto:peshkov@renderx.com
    RenderX

    KS> I've run every test I can think of to resolve this instance, but am
    KS> unable to come up with a solution.
    KS> In the German language there are terms which can be written with
    KS> multiple preceding atoms and one common succeeding atom.
    KS> The prefixes are separated by a hyphen followed by a forward slash. For
    KS> arguments sake we will use the example Luft-/Ölfilter (Air/Oil filter).
    KS> Now if this needs to break when rendering it will automatically break
    KS> after the hyphen instead of after the slash.
    KS> My question is how would I get this to break after the slash.
    KS> I've exhausted all the combinations using non-breaking hyphens,
    KS> zero-width joiners, etc.
    KS> I've investigated modifying the hyphenation library but have been
    KS> unsuccessful in finding the solution.
    KS> If anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated.

    KS> Thank you.

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