-
-\change_inserted -712698321 1512901782
-The setting is ignored for documents using non-\SpecialChar TeX
- fonts.
-\begin_inset Foot
-status collapsed
-
-\begin_layout Plain Layout
-
-\change_inserted -712698321 1512901782
-Xe\SpecialChar TeX
- provides the
-\series bold
-
-\backslash
-XeTeXdashbreakstate
-\series default
- setting.
- The default causes dashes to behave like ligature dashes.
- The usual behaviour of literal dashes can be achieved by inserting
-\family typewriter
-\series bold
-
-\backslash
-XeTeXdashbreakstate=0
-\family default
-\series default
- into the \SpecialChar LaTeX
- preamble.
-\end_layout
-
-\end_inset
-
-
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Enumerate
-
-\change_inserted -712698321 1512901782
-Em dashes in
-\family typewriter
-typewriter
-\family default
- fonts become
-\family typewriter
-–-
-\family default
- or
-\family typewriter
----
-\family default
- in the output.
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Enumerate
-
-\change_inserted -712698321 1512901782
-Hyphenation is suppressed in words adjacent to hyphens and ligature dashes.
-\change_unchanged
-
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-
-\change_inserted -712698321 1512902074
-If the option
-\family sans
-Document\SpecialChar menuseparator
-Settings\SpecialChar menuseparator
-Fonts\SpecialChar menuseparator
-Output en- and em-dashes as ligatures
-\family default
- has not been selected, you can
-\change_deleted -712698321 1512902388
-
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-
-\change_deleted -712698321 1512902090
-When using spaced en dashes
-\begin_inset space ~
-\end_inset
-
-- common in British English
-\begin_inset space ~
-\end_inset
-
-- line breaks before the dash can be prevented with protected spaces.
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-
-\change_deleted -712698321 1512902090
-When using em dashes without spaces—\SpecialChar allowbreak
-common in American English—\SpecialChar allowbreak
-one can
-\change_unchanged
- insert optional line breaks
-\change_deleted -712698321 1512902097
-with
-\change_inserted -712698321 1512902097
-via
-\change_unchanged
- the menu
-\family sans
-Insert\SpecialChar menuseparator
-Formatting\SpecialChar menuseparator
-Optional line break
-\change_inserted -712698321 1512902402
-
-\family default
-:
-\change_deleted -712698321 1512902402
-.
-\change_inserted -712698321 1512902107
-
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Itemize
-
-\change_inserted -712698321 1512902150
-Em-dashes without spaces—\SpecialChar allowbreak
-as common in American English—\SpecialChar allowbreak
-should be broken
- after the dash.
-\change_unchanged
-
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-
-\change_deleted -712698321 1512902167
-For documents containing many em dashes, you may consider to select the
- option
-\family sans
-Document\SpecialChar menuseparator
-Settings\SpecialChar menuseparator
-Fonts\SpecialChar menuseparator
-Output en- and em-dashes as ligatures.
-
-\family default
-This forces the output of dashes as
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
-\end_inset
-
---
-\begin_inset Quotes erd
-\end_inset
-
- and
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
-\end_inset
-
----
-\begin_inset Quotes erd
-\end_inset
-
- when exporting to \SpecialChar LaTeX
-.
- The \SpecialChar TeX
- font ligature mechanism converts them to dash characters followed
- by an optional line break.
-\change_unchanged
-
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-
-\change_deleted -712698321 1512901780
-Caution:
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Enumerate
-
-\change_deleted -712698321 1512901780
-This results in optional line breaks after
-\series bold
-all
-\series default
- en and em dashes.
- Incorrect line breaks must be prevented by wrapping in a makebox