You did! But I had added my name to the bug report and when I got an update, I thought I'd pass the information along. :)
On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 3:09 PM, Rick Quatro <r...@rickquatro.com> wrote: > Hi Lin, > > I am not sure if I suggested it on the list, but you could make a variable > for the minus sign and make a character format to make it a bit wider. Then > you could insert the variable where you want the negative sign and it would > automatically be stretched to your liking. Not the most elegant approach, > but workable. > > Rick > > Rick Quatro > Carmen Publishing Inc. > r...@frameexpert.com > 585-729-6746 NEW! > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Framers <framers-bounces+rick=rickquatro....@lists.frameusers.com> > On Behalf Of Lin Sims > Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2018 2:38 PM > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. < > framers@lists.frameusers.com> > Subject: Re: [Framers] Non-breaking en, em dashes > > The minus sign is too short. > > Well, maybe I should talk to my coworker about that. The place I last > worked mandated use of an en-dash to indicate a negative number. We may not > do that here, although I think it's a good idea since it makes it a little > easier to distinguish between a minus sign and the sign indicating a > negative number. > > In any case, having the behaviour return to keep together if there's no > space between en/em-dashes and the following number would be nice. > > On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 2:30 PM, Böðvar Björgvinsson <bod...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > You can also use the minus sign (Unicode8) U+2212. That works. > > FM is not very handy at making it easy but you can add it using the > > Windows Character Map or the FM Utilities > Hex Input. > > > > My 2 bits. > > > > Cheers, > > Bodvar Bjorgvinsson > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2018-07-05 18:02 GMT+00:00 Lin Sims <ljsims...@gmail.com>: > > > > > Update on this. I got an email from Adobe yesterday morning that the > > status > > > was changed from Open to In Test. > > > > > > We may have a fix RSN. > > > > > > Also, I believe that the latest FrameMaker update has fixed the > > > RGB/CMYK bug. > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 10:33 PM, Lin Sims <ljsims...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Used to be if you put an en dash in front of something with no > > > > space between, the en dash would stick to the something if it > > > > wrapped to the > > > next > > > > line. > > > > > > > > It doesn't do that anymore, which is bad for me as I use it > > > > instead of > > a > > > > hyphen to indicate negative numbers. This has been reported as a > > > > bug to Adobe, but until they fix it (soon? please?), is there a > > > > *trivial > > > *solution/workaround? > > > > (By trivial, I mean minimal number of steps and time involved.) > > > > > > > > For those interested, the bug is here: https://forums.adobe. > > > > com/thread/2459590 > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Lin Sims > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Lin Sims > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > > > > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's > > > homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/ framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > > > Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/ > > > listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > > > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's > > homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at > > http://www.mail-archive.com/ framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe > > and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/ > > listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > > > > > > -- > Lin Sims > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage > at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/ > listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/ > framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/ > listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > -- Lin Sims _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com