- From: Greg Kostello <greg_kostello@digitalstyle.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 12:27:14 -0700
- To: Kenneth Christiansen <kenth@writeme.com>
- CC: Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org>, www-html@w3.org, www-style@w3.org
Kenneth Christiansen wrote: > Dave Raggett wrote: > > > It makes sense then to recommend that browser support wrapping > after > > ­ and to introduce a new tag for invisible hyphenation points > > that are also invisible in downlevel browsers. What should > thistag > > be called? <W> doesn't seem sufficiently self evident. Some other > > > possibilities include <HYPHEN>, <SHY>, and <HY> > > I think <HY> sounds like a good idea. When you use this tag the > hyphenation dictionary is ignored for the word > > But we also have to have a container tag to avoid hyphenation, maybe > > somethink like <NOHYPHEN></NOHYPHEN> Hyphenation is a stylistic attribute not a structural change. It follows then that an attribute could be added to CSS and there is no need to extend HTML. Greg -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Greg Kostello mailto://kostello@digitalstyle.com DigitalStyle Corporation http://www.digitalstyle.com/ 10875 Rancho Bernardo Road, Suite 110 voice: (619) 618-2222 San Diego, CA 92127 fax: (619) 673-5054 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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