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Suppress hyphenation keyboard shortcut

May 9, 2012 8:57 AM

Tags: #hyphen #supress_hyphenation

When I try to supress hyphenation in an arithmetic expression (-64dBVp-p), I select that word then hit shortcut

ESC n s (as the documentation says). A "no hyphenation" marker appears but the word itself disappears. Am I doing something wrong?

 

Cheers,

 

JP

 

679 Views   7 Replies   Latest reply: Jeff_Coatsworth, May 11, 2012 7:23 AM
 
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  • Jeff_Coatsworth
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    1. Jeff_Coatsworth,
    May 9, 2012 9:07 AM   in reply to doccojohn
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    What happens if you do a CTL-L to refresh the screen? Does that bring it back?

     
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    2. doccojohn,
    May 9, 2012 9:16 AM   in reply to Jeff_Coatsworth
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    Alas, no.

     
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  • David Crowe
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    3. David Crowe,
    May 10, 2012 6:02 AM   in reply to doccojohn
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    You shouldn’t be selecting the word. Place your cursor in front of it and then enter the no-hyphen code.

     

    You will also have to use non-breaking hyphens inside your expression.

     
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    4. doccojohn,
    May 11, 2012 6:35 AM   in reply to David Crowe
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    I found either a solution or a workaround. David solved the problem of the

    disappearing word  (<applies dope slap to self>) but the word still broke

    at the hyphen.

     

    I then tried changing the hyphen to a true minus sign, (CTRL-Q SHIFT-P)

    but that didn't work either-- the word broke after the minus sign.

     

    The problem went away after I did Format>Document>Text Options and removed

    both the hyphen and the minus sign from the "Allow Line Breaks After" field.

     

    Cheers,

     

    JP

     
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    5. david artman designs,
    May 11, 2012 7:05 AM   in reply to doccojohn
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    While you can remove them from the Allow Line Breaks, you could also have just inserted non-breaking hyphens (Esc - [hyphen] h). Maybe for the future (i.e., it's easier to type, and you don't prevent appropriate breaks).

     
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    6. doccojohn,
    May 11, 2012 7:16 AM   in reply to doccojohn
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    P.S.,

     

    Surely this is a bug. ESC n s is an override and to have it fail to override

    this fairly obscure setting is crazy-making.

     

    Also, I'll want to go back and add +, =, etc. to make sure other expressions don't get broken.

     

    Cheers,

     

    JP

     
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    7. Jeff_Coatsworth,
    May 11, 2012 7:23 AM   in reply to doccojohn
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    I thought "ESC n s" was just for suppressing the hyphenation symbol - at least that's what the FM9 shortcuts list that Jetsetcom.net had published a few years ago and the help says.

     
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