Saturday, 4 May 2013

Re:   Non-breaking space.

> > > #1096

> > > I included a list of names on a webpage the other day and my
> > > co-editor doesn't like to see name split across a line. I agree: when
> > > lines are long a split name looks silly when you can easily place a
> > > non-breaking space between forename and surname. Browsers know not to
> > > split a line at a non-breaking space, don't they? Except Netsurf?

> > > I have not reported this as a bug (yet) because I expect a crescendo
> > > of "we know"!

> > > See the production crew near the foot of the page. All the names have
> > >   in them:
> > > http://www.youngtheatre.co.uk/archive/199209_blithespirit/

> > > (One aspect of line endings I see does seem to be fixed and that was
> > > the spurious line feeds which I saw in tables. Hurrah for that!!)

> > Not sure if you are or aren't saying that you are unhappy with the end
> > result.

> I would prefer it if Netsurf would treat   as the special kind of
> space it is and not break lines at it.

[snip]

Err, that's funny. An observation. Just for the hell of it I saved the
said page and loaded it off-line and the PRODUCTION CREW then formatted
correctly, as opposed to loading the file on line which formats
differently??

Dev Cl #1111

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