From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: what is shy hyphen ? Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:31:38 -0400 Message-ID: <12934.1250357498@gamaville.dokosmarshall.org> References: <907065090908150955v78ad30bbwc23bfef7885ca6c@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1McN82-0005Ni-1k for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:33:18 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1McN7w-0005NW-LZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:33:16 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33550 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1McN7w-0005NT-GD for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:33:12 -0400 Received: from vms173005pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.5]:64872) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1McN7w-0005Ki-5P for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:33:12 -0400 Received: from gamaville.dokosmarshall.org ([98.110.172.159]) by vms173005.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-7.04 (built Sep 26 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPA id <0KOF00IXRI0I6KF4@vms173005.mailsrvcs.net> for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:31:31 -0500 (CDT) In-reply-to: Message from waterloo of "Sun\, 16 Aug 2009 00\:55\:27 +0800." <907065090908150955v78ad30bbwc23bfef7885ca6c@mail.gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: waterloo Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org waterloo wrote: > I can not understant the following para. >=20 > Finally, =E2=80=98\-=E2=80=99 is treated as a shy hyphen, and =E2=80= =98--=E2=80=99, =E2=80=98---=E2=80=99, and =E2=80=98...=E2=80=99 are all co= nverted into special commands creating hyphens of different lengths > or a compact set of dots. >=20 > When I input \- in org file and export it to html , I see nothing . >=20 > What is shy hyphen ? >=20 [Could you please add a bit more context to your questions? E.g., it would really help if you had added the information that this paragraph is found in the Org manual, section 12.1 "Markup rules", subsection "TeX macros and LaTeX fragments".] ,---- |=20 | * Shy hyphen |=20 | There is a shy\-hyphen here. `---- You can see what it does by looking at the HTML file:

There is a shy­hyphen here.

For more information, see http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/shy.html which contains pointers to more docs. Nick