- From: Jon Bosak <bosak@atlantic-83.Eng.Sun.COM>
- Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 18:29:39 -0700
- To: Chris.Lilley@sophia.inria.fr
- CC: msftrncs@htcnet.com, www-style@w3.org, www-html@w3.org, boo@best.com
[Chris Lilley:] | On Sep 21, 11:51pm, Jon Bosak wrote: | | > Code point 10/00 (decimal 160) is called NO-BREAK SPACE in ISO 8859-1 | > (Latin Alphabet No. 1). It is defined as follows: | > | > 6.3.2 NO-BREAK SPACE (NBSP) | > | > A graphic character the visual representation of which consists of | > the absence of a graphic symbol, for use when a line break is to | > be prevented in the text as presented. | | Acording to that definition, Hello There could be validly presented as | HelloThere. That has an absence of a graphical symbol and does not have a | linebreak. The text as quoted does not say that the writing position is | advanced or describe any other space-like properties. You are absolutely right. An interesting observation. However, the definition of the space character itself, which immediately precedes the definition of no-break space in 8859-1, shows that the authors of the standard had in mind space-like behavior; compare this with the above: 6.3.1 SPACE (SP) This character may be interpreted as a graphic character, a control character or as both. As a graphic character it has the visual representation consisting of the absence of a graphic symbol. So "the absence of a graphic symbol" means a blank spot on the page, not the suppression of escapement. Jon
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