[xep-support] Strange behavior with zero-width space

Mike Ferrando mikeferrando at yahoo.com
Tue Oct 26 14:14:53 PDT 2004


W. E. K.,
I have always used <fo:block/> when I wanted a new line. Renders
don't seem to consistent about rendering line breaks in text as
output line breaks.

Mike Ferrando
Library Technician
Music Division
Library of Congress
202-707-4454

--- "W. Eliot Kimber" <ekimber at innodata-isogen.com> wrote:

> I am generating FO output of this form:
> 
> <fo:block>Some stuff
> <fo:inline keep-together.within-line="always">keep me
> together</fo:inline>&#8203;<fo:inline 
> keep-together.within-line="always">keep me
> together</fo:inline>&#8203; more stuff.
> </fo:block>
> 
> The intent is to allow the line to break between two adjacent
> inlines 
> that are, individually, kept together on the line.
> 
> With 3.8.4, what I'm getting is that the *does not* break at the 
> zero-width space *and* if the line does not naturally break
> following 
> the second phrase, that the whitespace following the zero-width
> space is 
> not rendered. That is, I get this output:
> 
>    Some stuff keep me togetherkeep me together
>    more stuff
> 
> Instead of:
> 
>    Some stuff keep me together
>    keep me together more stuff
> 
> And if I have just one lineline followed by a zero-width space I
> get 
> this output:
> 
>    Some stuff keep me togethermore stuff
> 
> Instead of:
> 
>    Some stuff keep me together more stuff
> 
> I think this is a bug in XEP--it is certainly counter to what I
> would 
> expect and counter to what XSL Formatter does.
> 
> Is this a bug? If not, why not? In either case, is there a
> workaround?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> E.
> -- 
> W. Eliot Kimber
> Professional Services
> Innodata Isogen
> 9390 Research Blvd, #410
> Austin, TX 78759
> (512) 372-8122
> 
> eliot at innodata-isogen.com
> www.innodata-isogen.com
> 
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