On Jul 31, 2020, at 6:41 PM, Dave Kemper <saint.s...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 7/31/20, Larry Kollar <larry.kol...@me.com> wrote: >> It’s a space, which I would presume ends a word. A zero-width space, >> by definition, but still a space. > > I suppose that depends where you're getting your definition. The > groff(7) man page and the Texinfo manual define \: as a "zero-width > break point," which does not suggest the observed behavior in the way > your alternate definition does. > > groff(7) calls \& a "non-printable, zero-width glyph" but the Texinfo > manual calls it a "zero-width space." However, \& does not have the > hyphenation-resetting property that \: does.
OK, I guess I should have checked before trying to work from memory. :) So you've tried using \& in place of \: to control breaking? Does it work better? — Larry
