From: Michael Smith <xmldoc@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 14:30:12 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Output "\-" for non-breaking hyphen.
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=541bee44d966eee7d1ff97dbb4cd4824fe9ac9f7;p=docbook-dsssl

Output "\-" for non-breaking hyphen.
---

diff --git a/xsl/manpages/charmap.groff.xsl b/xsl/manpages/charmap.groff.xsl
index 617dbf84b..551379c8d 100644
--- a/xsl/manpages/charmap.groff.xsl
+++ b/xsl/manpages/charmap.groff.xsl
@@ -1697,10 +1697,16 @@
    u:block="General Punctuation"
    u:class="dashes"
    />
+  <!-- * although the groff docs do not make it clear, testing -->
+  <!-- * indicates that the only reliable way to make a non-breaking -->
+  <!-- * hyphen is to put just a backslash in front of it. -->
+  <!-- * -->
+  <!-- * based on testing, it also appears that no character is needed -->
+  <!-- * after the hyphen in order to make it non-breaking -->
   <xsl:output-character
    character="&#x2011;"
    u:name="NON-BREAKING HYPHEN"
-   string="\&amp;-\&amp;"
+   string="\-"
    u:block="General Punctuation"
    u:class="dashes"
    />