While displaying the simplified Chinese Union Version module ChiUns using Xiphos, I have observed that there is at least one ordinary ANSI space between each CJK ideogram.
This is confirmed as being module content, rather than a rendering artefact. I exported the contents using MOD2IMP, and then removed all XML tags (e.g. for Strongs & Morph) from a copy of the raw IMP text file. It has many such spaces on every line. e.g. $$$Genesis 1:1 起 初 ， 神 创 造 天 地 。 $$$Genesis 1:2 地 是 空 虚 混 沌 ， 渊 面 黑 暗 ； 神 的 灵 运 行 在 水 面 上 。 $$$Genesis 1:3 神 说 ： 要 冇 光 ， 就 冇 了 光 。 $$$Genesis 1:4 神 看 光 是 好 的 ， 就 把 光 暗 分 幵 了 。 $$$Genesis 1:5 神 称 光 为 昼 ， 称 暗 为 夜 。 冇 晚 上 ， 冇 早 晨 ， 这 是 头 一 日 。 The only spaces that should be in any Chinese text are the ideographic space U+3000, as the general style is for the CJK ideograms to appear as on a grid pattern. cf. The ideographic space is largely used to precede the Divine Name. i.e. " 神" The ordinary spaces probably originated from the preprocessing used to add tags for Strongs & Morph markup. They shouldn't be there. The same passage should appear like this: $$$Genesis 1:1 起初 神创造天地。 $$$Genesis 1:2 地是空虚混沌，渊面黑暗； 神的灵运行在水面上。 $$$Genesis 1:3 神说：“要有光。”就有了光。 $$$Genesis 1:4 神看光是好的，就把光暗分开了。 $$$Genesis 1:5 神称光为“昼”，称暗为“夜”。有晚上，有早晨，这是头一日。 I imagine the same symptom occurs for the traditional Chinese Union module, and for our other Chinese modules, though I haven't yet researched this. I know that Chris intends eventually to remake these modules from a better text source (see JIRA bugs for modules), yet I thought this aspect warrants a wider understanding. btw. I'm not an expert on Chinese, but I have acquired quite a few Chinese friends and contacts in the course of my work on Go Bible. David Haslam -- View this message in context: http://sword-dev.350566.n4.nabble.com/ChiUns-module-contains-superfluous-spaces-ANSI-32-tp3004072p3004072.html Sent from the SWORD Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: [email protected] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
