After more tests, it seems that Word effectively changes a SOFT HYPHEN
(U+00AD) on input into control US (U+001F), which it uses not as a
regular soft hyphen but as an optional hyphen.
This is then changed back to a regular soft hyphen in the clipboard
when copying it there in a rich text format
On Sun, 3 Jul 2011, Jukka K. Korpela wrote:
You're wrong, it DOES. I just tested it (in Microsoft Word 2010 for
Windows 7) within a random long word (aa) and the SHY
is recognized to generate the intended hyphenation break.
That’s good news, if your analysis is correct, but the
2011/7/4 Andreas Prilop prilop4...@trashmail.net:
On Sun, 3 Jul 2011, Jukka K. Korpela wrote:
You're wrong, it DOES. I just tested it (in Microsoft Word 2010 for
Windows 7) within a random long word (aa) and the SHY
is recognized to generate the intended hyphenation break.
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