Re: [typo] Especes d'espaces...

[Robert Keeble <rkeeble@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bonjour à tous,

I started to go through this entire thread to write a summary, but was 
a little overwhelmed by the quantity of emails. Instead, I'll suggest 
some possible solutions and wait for the fireworks...

How many of the problems discussed would be solved by some combination 
of the following:

- all typographic spaces added by Unicode (all relative spaces, I 
believe) are treated as non-justifying.

- an additional justifying space is allowed, which allows a different 
min/max range than the existing word space. There are at least two ways 
this might work: 1) The user can choose which type is used first when 
justifying text. The first type is used to its maximum range before 
using the second type; or  2) The two types of spaces are used together 
when expanding or contracting a line, but at a different rate, as 
defined by a proportion.

- an additional user-defined space is added with whatever width is 
needed. One could, I suppose, allow a user to control the width of the 
Unicode typographic spaces, but this like it might go against the 
intent of these spaces. The definition of them is so vague, I think an 
application could vary them and still comply with the Unicode standard. 
 ;)

It would also be nice to have the language-specific uses of fine spaces 
done automatically, but I suppose that is another discussion. (A rule 
set that is applied like a style sheet? Or should these changes be 
performed on request?)

-Rob Keeble