On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 12:21:28PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote:
Would requiring spaces on either side of the double
dash before
converting it into an emdash improve the parsing behavior any?
Please don't.
<snob type=typography>
Em dashes are properly set in English text without spacing on either
side, though the ASCIIography of this usage is much less picky.
If someone decides that it needs to be " -- " that's mapped, at least
take the spaces out when setting the glyph?
</snob>
Cheers,
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