Hyphenated word in LI does not convert to word

[gamartinParticipant]

Using the HTMLToWMLConverter, if we have hyphenated words, i.e. twenty-five, in a <LI>, where the hyphen is just that a hyphen (not a n-dash/m-dash) then the hyphen is converted as a white square. Hyphens anywhere else in the content (i.e. not in an list item) are properly converted, as are – and — as well as strings that include spaces before and after the hyphen.

Can you think of a relatively easy way to convert these properly? This is a bit of a showstopper for us at this time, so any help is appreciated.

Thanks,

Garth

• This topic was modified 7 years, 5 months ago by  gamartin.

[Eric WhiteKeymaster]

Hi Garth,

Can you please upload somewhere the smallest possible html file that exhibits this issue? Would be helpful for you to be very explicit about what you expect to see.

I will add this HTML file to the test files, add an XUnit test for it, and research. Probably is easy to fix.

Thanks, Eric

[gamartinParticipant]

Hi Eric: I was about to re-post a response to this. I discovered that the original source we were using to populate the system contained non-breaking hyphens (‑) which I was not aware of.

If have replaced all of these with regular hyphens and all works well. During the course of the investigation I discovered that it was not necessarily restricted to the LI elements either.

Thanks for the quick response,

Garth

[Author]

Posts