Subject: Re: [xsl] Authority For Western Line Breaking Rules From: Kobayashi <koba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 20:45:53 +0900 |
A few comments: I have read through both "The Chicago Manual of Style" and "Oxford Guide to Style". Noticed that both books rarely refer to line breaks. Oxford says in page 140 that "Do not carry over parts of abbreviations, dates, or numbers to the next line", "Do not break numbers at a decimal point, or separate them from their abbreviated units, as with 15 kg or 300 BC. If unavoidable large numbers may be broken (but not hyphenated) at their comma, though not after a single digit: 493,|000,|000." UAX#14 introduces SY (Symbols Allowing Break After): Solidus. There are many cases that English technical book breaks line at solidus (/). But solidus may be used to make abbreviations such as A/C, i/o. They shall not be breaked at a solidus. Solidus is one of the ambiguous letter. UAX#14 gives class B2 (break opportunity before and after) to em dash. But in many cases, em dash is used unspaced with adjoining characters. If you may break at an em dash, it is an example of break at non space character. I am still investigating both style books. But it seems to me there are several conflicts with UAX#14 and these stylebooks. Clearly, UAX#14 shall be more refined. Best regards, Tokushige Kobayashi > Reply to the original mail from: > xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > I am trying to find an authority for the rules by which Western languages are composed into lines, in particular, the rules for where line breaks are allowed. Tokushige Kobayashi Antenna House, Inc. E-mail koba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx WWW http://www.antenna.co.jp/XML/xml-top.htm WWW http://www.antennahouse.com/xslformatter.html (English) TEL +81-3-3234-1361(direct call) FAX +81-3-3221-9975 Antenna House XSL School http://www.antenna.co.jp/XML/school/xslday.htm XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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