[xep-support] Re: Line breaking rules for Korean.

From: Kevin Brown <kevin@renderx.com>
Date: Mon Aug 11 2014 - 12:22:06 PDT

I think there are two schools/options and the use of the words "only valid"
is . well . not valid.

Korean *can* be set with only breaks at spaces. However, this should be (and
never is) used with justification as it would lead to terrible results.

I believe it is optional to allow breaking only at spaces, not "only valid".

 

You would note text like this in the Unicode Line Breaking standard . note
the use of "commonly" and not the use of "mandatory":

 

"Korean makes use of both styles of line break. When Korean text is
justified, the second style is commonly used, even for interspersed Latin
letters. But when ragged margins are used, the Western style (relying on
spaces) is commonly used instead, even for ideographs."

 

At any rate, I have forwarded the request into our team for additional
comments.

 

Kevin Brown

Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing RenderX, Inc.

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From: Xep-support [mailto:xep-support-bounces@renderx.com] On Behalf Of
Simcha Gralla
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 12:18 PM
To: RenderX Community Support List
Subject: [xep-support] Re: Line breaking rules for Korean.

 

That doesn't sound like the rules as I learned them. Most Korean documents
can break between all Hangul characters with the exception that there are
characters defined to not be left alone at the start or end of the line.
Among other places describing this, there's
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb688158.aspx#EED>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb688158.aspx#EED

Simcha Gralla
IBM Authoring Tools development
Brookfield, CT

Daniel Boughton <daniel.r.boughton@rrd.com> wrote on 2014-08-11 14:59:44:

> From: Daniel Boughton <daniel.r.boughton@rrd.com>
> To: RenderX Community Support List <xep-support@renderx.com>
> Date: 2014-08-11 15:00
> Subject: [xep-support] Line breaking rules for Korean.
> Sent by: "Xep-support" <xep-support-bounces@renderx.com>
>
> XEP currently groups Chinese, Japanese, and Korean together in it's
> line-breaking rules. Our translation team is telling us the Korean
> should be treated differently than Chinese and Japanese and that it
> is only valid to break at space characters.
>
> I was wondering if anyone else out there has encountered this, and
> how you have handled it using XEP.
>
> Thanks
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