- From: Robin Whittle <rw@firstpr.com.au>
- Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:21:06 +1000
- To: Amaya Discussion List <www-amaya@w3.org>, Amaya Dev List <www-amaya-dev@w3.org>
As I wrote in a recent message, I was able to compile and run the latest CVS source code on Debian Stable. I was delighted to find a new option (off by default) in Edit > Preferences: General > Keep multiple spaces I tested it out and found that it works fine for 2 or more spaces: Between words. Between the start of the line and the first word. From the last word to the end of a line (actually to a </p>). In these cases, it follows the algorithm suggested last month by Greg Noel, and which I described on 4 September: Between words or at the end of a line, Mozilla Composer's algorithm is: n typed or pasted spaces are converted to n-1 non-breaking spaces followed by 1 space. However the current implementation does not work in two circumstances: where there is a single space either at the start of the line or at the end. In these cases Amaya currently inserts a single ordinary space. This appears fine in Amaya, but it does not, and as far as I know should not, produce a visible space in a browser or editor such as Mozilla. I think the correct response should be to use a single non-breaking space. I don't think we discussed a single space at the end of a line. The spaces at the end of line issue is pretty low key, but a single space at the start is important. Irene and Team, thanks very much for this new feature! - Robin
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