On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 4:36 AM Dieter Maurer <die...@handshake.de> wrote: > > Chris Angelico wrote at 2020-3-23 06:00 +1100: > >When using textwrap.fill() or friends, setting break_long_words=False > >without also setting break_on_hyphens=False has the very strange > >behaviour that a long hyphenated word will still be wrapped. > > Having worked with `TeX`, I am familiar that hyphens indicate > word locations favorable to line breaks. Therefore, I understand > that one wants a way to control whether or not breaks are allowed > at hyphens, even if words should not be broken normally. > > Apparently, "break_on_hyphens" adds hyphen as a word delimiter. > With this notion, the behavior can be understood.
Well um... yes. I think we know that hyphens do indicate word-split points. That's not really in question. But if I say "don't break long words", and then long words get broken at hyphens, that's surprising. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
