- From: Simon Siemens <Simon.Siemens@web.de>
- Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 17:55:25 +0200
- To: XHTML-Liste <www-html@w3.org>
Devin Bayer wrote: > > > On Aug 5, 2005, at 1:15, Simon Siemens wrote: > >> However what has not been addressed by HTML up to >> now are compound words. I suppose, this is because English does not >> have >> them to a relevant extend. But German e.g. has many compound words >> (like >> "Bundesregierung": "Bund" + "Regierung"). Thus an ability to indicate >> such compositions could really enhance search engine results from a >> German point of view. > > > Why not use the the word joiner (2060) character? Excerpted from > Unicode: > > Word Joiner behaves like in that it indicates the absence of > word boundaries; however, the word joiner has no width. For example, > the word joiner can be inserted after the fourth character in the > text “base+delta” to indicate that there should be no line break > between the “e” and the “+”. The word joiner should be ignored in > contexts other than word or line breaking. > > - Devin Bayer > Thanks! I'll give it a try next week. Simon
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