Re: A suggested tag from Dave Raggett on 1997-04-16 (www-html@w3.org from April 1997)

From: Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 12:15:54 -0400 ()
To: Liam Quinn <liam@htmlhelp.com>
cc: www-html@w3.org, Kenneth Christiansen <kenth@writeme.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.WNT.3.95.970416120443.-68523E-100000@holly.w3.org>

On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Liam Quinn wrote:

> Optimally, browsers would have a dictionary of words and their proper 
> hyphenation, but since they can't even support justified text, 
> thinking about hyphenation is a bit premature.  If browsers were to 
> support &shy;, I can only imagine using it on long words (>10 
> characters). 

Perhaps we should introduce a convention for linking to a dictionary
of hyphenation rules and special cases, e.g. via the LINK element
or perhaps as an extension to CSS. What formats are appropriate for
hyphenation dictionaries though?

Dave Raggett - <dsr@w3.org> tel +1 617 258 5741 fax +1 617 258 5999
World Wide Web Consortium 545 Technology Square, Cambridge MA 02139

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