top | item 33598431 (no title) rodelrod | 3 years ago This is mostly correct, but I don't see how it contradicts my statement.Did the 646 standard account for variable-width characters at all? discuss order hn newest TheRealPomax|3 years ago Not so much contradict as wondering about the claim that it should be a specific Unicode codepoint when Unicode wasn't around when we started "computering" text (and the Académie Française can't have possibly formally declared things in terms of Unicode =)What are the actual official rules in this case (and are there links to those? Because that'd be fascinating information to read through)? rodelrod|3 years ago Best reference I could find is here: https://www.lalanguefrancaise.com/articles/espace-insecableActually before the ":" specifically there should be a regular non-breaking space, not a narrow one. Except in Switzerland. Other punctuation marks take the narrow non-breaking space. load replies (1)
TheRealPomax|3 years ago Not so much contradict as wondering about the claim that it should be a specific Unicode codepoint when Unicode wasn't around when we started "computering" text (and the Académie Française can't have possibly formally declared things in terms of Unicode =)What are the actual official rules in this case (and are there links to those? Because that'd be fascinating information to read through)? rodelrod|3 years ago Best reference I could find is here: https://www.lalanguefrancaise.com/articles/espace-insecableActually before the ":" specifically there should be a regular non-breaking space, not a narrow one. Except in Switzerland. Other punctuation marks take the narrow non-breaking space. load replies (1)
rodelrod|3 years ago Best reference I could find is here: https://www.lalanguefrancaise.com/articles/espace-insecableActually before the ":" specifically there should be a regular non-breaking space, not a narrow one. Except in Switzerland. Other punctuation marks take the narrow non-breaking space. load replies (1)
TheRealPomax|3 years ago
What are the actual official rules in this case (and are there links to those? Because that'd be fascinating information to read through)?
rodelrod|3 years ago
Actually before the ":" specifically there should be a regular non-breaking space, not a narrow one. Except in Switzerland. Other punctuation marks take the narrow non-breaking space.