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[Groff] Re: unicode support, part 10: \[shc] and the soft hyphen in HTML


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: [Groff] Re: unicode support, part 10: \[shc] and the soft hyphen in HTML
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 23:18:41 +0100 (CET)

> > OK.  Additionally, I'll completely remove the remaining traces of an
> > `shc' glyph.
> 
> Oops, maybe we will want to use it for hyphenation in the HTML
> browser?  I mean, groff with devutf8 device could generate HTML
> containing ­ elements, leaving the line breaking and
> hyphenation to the browser.

I still think there should be a separation between input character
`soft hyphen' and HTML's `­' entity.  For the sake of a uniform
interface to all devices, U+00AD gets mapped to groff's `\%' escape.

I will add the `shc' entry back to grohtml.


    Werner




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