Zero-Width Space inserted unexpectedly

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Zero-Width Space inserted unexpectedly

Andrew Carver
Hi,

I'm not sure if this is a feature or a bug; perhaps someone could clarify:

In the User Manual Sec. 37.4 (currently), "Replacements", it shows the replacement for '--' (M-dash shorthand) is

—

But what I've started getting is

—​

thus appending to the M-dash a Zero Width Space character. This has thrown a hiccup into one of my workflows, as this character shows up as strange random characters later on...

Is it just me, or is this a new behavior? The version of (Ruby) Asciidoctor I'm running is:

Asciidoctor 1.5.7.1 [https://asciidoctor.org]
Runtime Environment (ruby 2.5.1p57 (2018-03-29 revision 63029) [x64-mingw32]) (lc:UTF-8 fs:Windows-1252 in:UTF-8 ex:UTF-8)

Many thanks for any clarification on this!
Andy

P.S. This is using the HTML5 backend. I've not tested any others yet.
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Andrew Carver
P.P.S. I notice that a ZWS is being appended also to replacements of ellipses ('...'), yielding

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Re: Zero-Width Space inserted unexpectedly

mojavelinux
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Andrew,

This character has been there for as many releases as I can remember. It's correct typography. The dash must be linked to the preceding word so wrapping is performed correctly.

We do assume that the font you're using provides this character. Any conforming font should. That's where I recommend putting your focus on a solution.

Cheers,

-Dan

On Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 15:59 Andrew Carver [via Asciidoctor :: Discussion] <[hidden email] wrote:
P.P.S. I notice that a ZWS is being appended also to replacements of ellipses ('...'), yielding

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