- From: Joris Huizer <joris_huizer@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 04:03:18 -0700 (PDT)
- To: AndreasWieland@gmx.de, www-html@w3.org
--- AndreasWieland@gmx.de wrote: > > Hello, > > In some languages extremly long words are existing. > For instance in > german there are words like > "Oberweserdampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft". > > Unfortunally when using "text-align:justify" such a > long word will be put > to a new line or in other browsers the spaces inside > the justification are > very wide. Without using justify the width of lines > could be very various. > > > Why not using a tag inside a word to allows the > browser to put a part of > the word to a new line automatically. > > For instance when I write a html-file using the > above german word, I > could use this tag like this: > <p>... Ober<pbr />weser<pbr />dampf<pbr />schiff<pbr > />fahrts<pbr /> > gesell<pbr />schaft ...</p> (pbr := possible break) > > > The browser would show a "-" anywhere it wants in a > justified text, > whenever a new line is necessary: > Bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla Oberweserdampf- > > schiffahrtsgesellschaft bla bla. > > instead of: > Bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla > Oberweserdampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft > bla bla. > > In english all words usually a very short, because > of the spaces and "-" > inside the words. But even there such problems could > exists. > > Best regards > Isn't that what the ­ does? At least I thought it was... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
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