Non-breaking hyphen in a paragraph format (numbering)

[Karen Farrell]

Is it possible to insert a non-breaking hyphen in a paragraph format (in the autonumbering). This is what I have now:

F:Figure <$chapnum>-<n+>.\sn

But when I use a cross reference to this tag, and the x-ref falls at the end of a sentence, I get this:

Of course, I can insert a soft return, but I'd rather treat the illness than the symptom.

Thanks!

Karen

[Bob_Niland]

Replace the simple hyphen in the xref format paragraph numbering definition with \x15

(Esc Hyphen h on some platforms).

[Van Kurtz · Accepted solution]

Or replace the hyphen with \+, the backslash sequence for a nonbreaking hyphen.

[Karen Farrell]

Thanks Van Kurtz! That worked like a dream!

Karen

[Bob_Niland]

Or replace the hyphen with \+, the backslash sequence for a nonbreaking hyphen.

On what FM version and platform?

If I use that on FM7.1/Unix, I get a "+" in the Flow text.

I might add that \x15 and <Esc><-><h> may get converted to \<not>,

where <not> is the "logicalnot" symbol, a flipped and tipped capital L.

You may not see this until you apply or re-open the dialog.

[Van Kurtz]

On what FM version and platform?

If I use that on FM7.1/Unix, I get a "+" in the Flow text.

FrameMaker 9 on Windows XP.

The backslash sequences are for use in FrameMaker dialog boxes, including the autonumbering in the paragraph dialog (now pod, but still a dialog underneath). They are listed in the FrameMaker user manual and have been around since I can remember (v 5), but I do not know whether the Unix versions used them or not.

I would assume that the Esc - h sequence would not work in a dialog box on any version of FrameMaker.

Van

[Bob_Niland]

\x15 and <Esc><-><h> both work in FM7.1/Unix, in every dialog box that accepts \notation.

They get converted to \<logicalnot>

\+ yields a plus on this platform.

\x15 and \+ work in FM9/Win7-64 Pgf Designer at least.

They get converted to \+

<Esc><-><h> does not work (becomes -h)

I did not test any Unicode non-breaking hyphens on FM9.

[Bob_Niland]

Interestingly, regardless of how entered, converted-in-place (or not) and displayed to the user, the standard NBH character is stored as \x15 in both MIF7 and MIF9.

The Unicode non-breaking hypen is u+2011

If the body Unicode font has that code point populated,

it appears to work just like \x15.

The MIF, however appears as "a"(caret) and a couple of apparent spaces.